There are 8 main show gardens at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024, including gardens from horticultural stars such as Tom Stuart-Smith, Robert Myers, Tom Massey, Ula Maria and Ann-Marie Powell.
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Chelsea Flower Show Gardens 2024
The National Garden Scheme Garden
Designer Tom Stuart-Smith.
Sponsor Project Giving Back for the National Garden Scheme.
Theme A calming woodland glade that embodies the sharing ethos of the National Garden Scheme.
Contractor Crocus.
Plants Crocus with contributions from 12 NGS gardens.
After the show Maggie’s Centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
Crocus and the NGS will host a plant sale of a wide selection of the show garden’s perennials at Chilworth Manor, Surrey, on 1 June to raise further funds for the NGS.
Contact tomstuartsmith.co.uk
Chelsea veteran Tom Stuart-Smith is back after several years with a woodland edge garden for the National Gardens Scheme, sponsored by Project Giving Back. It will be laid out through an open hazel coppice with a collection of woodland drought-tolerant plants. Many of the plants have been contributed by National Gardens Scheme garden owners. The garden will be relocated to a new Maggie’s Centre at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
Here's another garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith
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WaterAid Garden
Designers Tom Massey and Je Ahn.
Sponsors Project Giving Back for WaterAid.
Theme The capture and storage of rainwater for further use.
Contractor Landscape Associates.
Plants Hortus Loci.
Contact tommassey.co.uk; studioweave.com
Tom Massey, winner of a Silver Gilt medal in 2023, is creating the WaterAid garden, which will explore what a UK garden might look like in 50 years, focusing on sustainable water management and featuring a colourful array of drought-tolerant plants.
Discover more about the WaterAid garden with our comprehensive guide
Here's another garden by Tom Massey
The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with The National Trust
Designer Ann-Marie Powell.
Sponsors Blue Diamond with The National Trust.
Theme A colourful community garden for people and wildlife on an old brownfield site.
Contractors The Landscaping Consultants; soft landscaping by Location Landscapes.
Plants Hortus Loci.
After the show Blue Diamond’s Bridgemere Show Gardens, Cheshire.
Contact ann-mariepowell.com
Ann-Marie Powell is creating the Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with the National Trust. Conceptually located on a brownfield site, this plant-filled wildlife haven will feature open-air sitting rooms, where visitors feel like they are part of nature. The garden will be relocated to Bridgemere Show Gardens in Cheshire, an RHS Partner Garden.
Discover more about the Octavia Hill Garden with our comprehensive guide
Here's another garden from Ann-Marie Powell
Terrence Higgins Trust Bridge to 2030 Garden
Designer Matthew Childs.
Sponsor Project Giving Back for the Terrence Higgins Trust.
Theme A quarry in the landscape
of North Wales, referencing the 1980s AIDS: Monolith advert.
Contractor Yoreland Design Ltd.
Plants Hortus Loci, Beth Chatto Plants, Tony Heaney.
After the show Croydon Sexual Health Centre.
Contact matthewchildsdesign.co.uk, @matthewchildsdesign
Matthew Childs returns to Main Avenue with a garden for the Terrence Higgins Trust Bridge to 2030 garden, telling a story of resilience, community and love. The entrance into the garden is reminiscent of the flooded base of a rejuvenated quarry landscape, while the front of the garden is a crevice garden, which takes inspiration from natural areas where plants grow in gaps between rocks.
Discover more about the Bridge to 2030 garden with our comprehensive guide
Here's another garden by Matthew Childs
St James's Piccadilly: Imagine the World to be Different
Designer Robert Myers.
Sponsor Project Giving Back for St James’s Piccadilly.
Theme An urban pocket park with characterful woodland-style planting that enhances the space around a central London church.
Contractor Stewart Landscape Construction.
Plants Hortus Loci and Deepdale Trees.
After the show Many of the materials and plants will go to St James’s Piccadilly, with other plants going to partner church St Pancras Church on London’s Euston Road.
Contact robertmyers-associates.co.uk
Chelsea veteran Robert Myers is creating the St James's Piccadilly: Imagine the World to be Different garden. It will celebrate the restorative power of green spaces in cities and is the first RHS Chelsea show garden to be commissioned by a place of worship in recent years. The garden design will be the basis of the restored garden in Piccadilly, open to everyone.
Discover more about the Imagine the World to be Different garden with our comprehensive guide
Here's past gardens from Robert Myers
Muscular Dystrophy UK - Forest Bathing Garden
Designer Ula Maria.
Sponsor Project Giving Back for Muscular Dystrophy UK.
Theme A sanctuary space inspired by the Japanese art of forest bathing for the Muscular Dystrophy UK community.
Contractor Crocus.
Plants Deepdale Trees, Kelways.
After the show The garden will be relocated to the Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine in Oxford.
Contact ulamaria.com
Discover more about the Muscular Dystrophy garden with our comprehensive guide
Ula Maria is creating the Muscular Dystrophy UK Forest Bathing Garden. The garden is inspired by the ancient Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku which means bathing in the forest atmopshere or 'forest bathing' and reconnecting with nature through the senses. The garden will be relocated to the Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine in Oxford.
Here's another garden from Ula Maria
Stroke Association’s Garden for Recovery
Designer Miria Harris.
Sponsor Project Giving Back for the Stroke Association.
Theme A tranquil, sensory space for those recovering from stroke.
Contractor Landform Consultants.
Plants Kelways; Deepdale Trees.
After the show The garden will relocate to the Stroke Unit at Chapel Allerton Hospital in Leeds.
Contact miriaharris.com
Miria Harris is creating the Stroke Association's Garden for Recovery. Miria is a stroke survivor herself, and the garden has been shaped by her story and those of other survivors. The garden will relocate to the Stroke Unit at Chapel Allerton Hospital in Leeds, where patients currently have no suitable access to outside space.
The National Autistic Society Garden
Designers Sophie Parmenter and Dido Milne.
Sponsor Project Giving Back for the National Autistic Society.
Theme A garden designed to capture an autistic person’s everyday experience of the world.
Contractor Landform Consultants.
Plants Many independent growers including Kelways, Beth Chatto’s Plants, Highland Moss and Hare Spring Cottage Plants.
After the show Catrine Bank, a National Autistic Society supported-living site in Scotland.
Contact sophieparmenter.co.uk; cskarchitects.co.uk
The National Autistic Society Garden by two Chelsea newcomers seeks to capture an autistic person’s everyday experience of the world. It highlights a strategy called ‘masking’ – a potentially draining process involving consciously or unconsciously hiding autistic characteristics in order to fit in. The planting will evolve from wetland meadow to river birch woodland, with a vibrant colour palette melting into softer hues. The garden will be relocated to a National Autistic Society supported living site at Catrine Bank – alongside the river Ayr in Scotland.
Discover more about the National Autistic Garden garden with our comprehensive guide
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