1. ABOUT THE DATASET
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Title: A case study from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show looking at increasing awareness of invasive species through public engagement.
Creator(s): Tomos Jones (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5311-5053)
Organisation(s): University of Reading
Rights-holder(s): University of Reading
Publication Year: 2024
Description: Supporting information and data associated with a case study which looked at increasing awareness of invasive species through public engagement at the Discovery Zone of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2019.
The aim of this case study was to achieve effective public engagement with gardeners on the issue of invasive species. This was achieved through two goals: 1) to communicate invasion science (focusing on ornamentals); and 2) to engage with gardeners to collect data for identifying potential 'future invaders'.
This forms supporting information and data for chapter 3 of PhD thesis: 'Ornamental plants: our future invaders? Engaging with gardeners to tackle the issue of invasive species'.
Cite as: Jones, Tomos (2024): A case study from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower looking at increasing awareness of invasive species through public engagement. University of Reading. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.001310 
Related publication: This forms supporting data for chapter 3 of PhD thesis: Jones, Tomos (2024). Ornamental plants: our future invaders? Engaging with gardeners to tackle the issue of invasive species. University of Reading. This is currently under review by a journal.
Acknowledgements: PhD supervisors: Alastair Culham, Brian Pickles and John David. Real Jobs students: Robin Smith, Seniz Husseyin, Maisie Bull, Poppy Carver and Anna Harding.
2. TERMS OF USE
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Copyright 2024 University of Reading. This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
3. PROJECT AND FUNDING INFORMATION
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Title: British garden plants: a threat to the natural environment due to climate change?	
Dates: 2017 - 2024
Funding organisation: NERC
Grant no.: NE/L002566/1
With additional funding via the British Ecological Society (Regional Fund) to cover the printing costs of the interpretive materials at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2019.
Part of a PhD project called ‘Ornamental plants: our future invaders? Engaging with gardeners to tackle the issue of invasive species’.
4. CONTENTS
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File: Supporting_Information_3_1 - Definitions for terms used in this case study to describe the invasion process.
File: Supporting_Information_3_2 - A sketch of the initial concept for the 'Ornamental plants: our future invaders?' exhibit at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show in 2019. © Tomos Jones (2019).
File: Supporting_Information_3_3 - Scoping survey.
File: Supporting_Information_3_4 - Leaflet designed as part of the Discovery Zone exhibit at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2019.
File: Supporting_Information_3_5 - Interpretive materials designed as part of the Discovery Zone exhibit at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2019.
File: Supporting_Information_3_6 - Interpretive species boards for the associated species used as part of the Discovery Zone exhibit at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2019.
File: Supporting_Information_3_7 - Chelsea Survey.
File: Supporting_Information_3_8 - RHS Lindley judging criteria and results (in bold) for the Discovery Zone exhibit at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2019.
File: Supporting_Information_3_9 - Responses to Q.5 of Chelsea survey (Supporting_Information_3_7) 'Please select you level of agreement/disagreement with the following statements' and Q.5a
File: Supporting_Information_3_10 - Responses to Q.8 of Chelsea survey (Supporting_Information_3_7) 'What was your favourite aspect of our exhibit?' and Q.8a and Q.8b
File: Supporting_Information_3_11 - Thematic analysis of responses to Q.7 of Chelsea survey (Supporting_Information_3_7) 'What new piece of information did you find today?'.
File: Supporting_Information_3_12 - Age of Chelsea visitors compared to that in England and Wales.
5. METHODS
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Please refer to associated PhD thesis for methods. The interpretive materials (files Supporting_Information 3_4, 3_5 and 3_6) were co-designed between School of Biological Sciences, School of Architecture at the University of Reading, and the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication students through their Real Jobs scheme: Robin Smith, Seniz Husseyin, Maisie Bull, Poppy Carver and Anna Harding.