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The Chelsea Flower Shower, a staple of the London society calendar, is trying to make this year’s show more inclusive.

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Celebrities and royals attend the event each year and, for the first time in the 110 years of the show, a wedding will be hosted. Garden designer Manoj Malde and his partner Clive Gillmor will tie the knot in the unity and diversity themed garden that Malde designed.

“It’s really important that people know the Royal Horticultural Society isn’t just about their shows and gardens, it also does a lot in the community – then people will begin to understand that it’s not elitist,” said Malde.

He continued, “How on earth is anyone going to accuse the RHS of being elitist when they are going to have the first RHS Chelsea wedding between a gay Indian man and a gay Irish man?”

The event will also celebrate female gardeners, have themes of accessibility, and will have attendees from disadvantaged areas of London.

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