Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I awhina a Dilke i tana papa i roto i tana mahi tuhituhi, a, mo etahi tau ko ia te tiamana o te kaunihera o te Society of Arts, haunga te whai waahi nui ki nga mahi a te Royal Horticultural Society me etahi atu roopu. I te tau 1841 i whakapumautia e ia te "The Gardeners' Chronicle" me Joseph Paxton, John Lindley me William Bradbury. Ko ia tetahi o nga kaitautoko tino hihiri o te Whakaaturanga Nui o te tau 1851 (he waahanga nui ano a Paxton), me te mema o te komiti whakahaere. I te mutunga o te whakaaturanga, i whakahonoretia ia e nga rangatira o tawahi, a i whakawhiwhia e te kuini ki a ia he rangatira, engari, kaore ia i whakaae. I whakakahoretia hoki e ia he utu nui i whakaekea e te komihana kingi. I te tau 1853 ko Dilke tētahi o ngā kaitohutohu Ingarihi i te New York Industrial Exhibition
, ā, i whakarite i tētahi pūrongo mō taua mea. I whakakahore ano ia ki te whiwhi moni utu mo ana ratonga.