Gold, Silver-gilt, Silver and Bronze medals have been announced for this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens.
See who won RHS Chelsea Garden of the Year 2026.
This year saw 13 Show Gardens - nine large and four small - at the world-renowned flower show, alongside five All About Plants gardens, five container gardens and five balcony gardens. Medals were also awarded for exhibits in the Great Pavilion.
Five gold medals were awarded in the Large Show Gardens category, with gardens by Sarah Eberle, Tom Stuart-Smith, Baz Grainger, Patrick Clarke and Darren Hawkes. Two silver-gilt medals were awarded, for Harry Holding and Alex Michaelis' design for the Eden Project Morecambe and for Chelsea legend Kazuyuki Ishihara. Silver medals were awarded to Arit Anderson for her first judged show garden and to Angus Thompson.
In the Small Show Gardens category, two gold medals were awarded to Roby Hardy and to Joe and Laura Carey, while silver-gilt medals were given to Catherine MacDonald and Max Parker-Smith. Five gold medals were also awarded in the Balcony and Container gardens category, and two were awarded to Ashleigh Aylett for the Woodland Trust: Forgotten Forests Garden and Christina Cobb for the Cleary Gottlieb: Time for Creativity garden in the All About Plants category.
See the full list of medals below.
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The full list of medals at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026
LARGE SHOW GARDENS
Gold
The Campaign to Proect Rural England Garden, 'On the Edge' - designed by Sarah Eberle
Killik & Co 'A Seed in Time' - designed by Baz Grainger
Tate Britain Garden - designed by Tom Stuart-Smith
The Lady Garden Foundation 'Silent no More' Garden - designed by Darren Hawkes
The Children's Society Garden - designed by Patrick Clarke
Silver-gilt
Tokonoma Garden – Samumaya no Niwa - designed by Kazuyuki Ishihara
Eden Project 'Bring me Sunshine' - designed by Harry Holding and Alex Michaelis
Silver
The Asthma and Lung UK Breathing Space Garden - designed by Angus Thompson
Parkinson's UK 'A Garden for Every Parkinson's Journey' - designed by Arit Anderson
Bronze
No bronze medals awarded.
SMALL SHOW GARDENS
Gold
Trussell's Together Garden - designed by Rob Hardy
Addleshaw Goddard 'Flourish in the City' - designed by Joe and Laura Carey
Silver-gilt
The Boodles Garden - designed by Catherine MacDonald
Journey Beyond the Tracks from Adelaide to Perth - designed by Max Parker-Smith
Silver
No silver medals awarded in category.
Bronze
No bronze medals awarded in category.
ALL ABOUT PLANTS GARDENS
Gold
Woodland Trust: Forgotten Forests Garden designed by Ashleigh Aylett
Cleary Gottlieb: Time for Creativity designed by Christina Cobb
Silver-gilt
The Plant Heritage Missing Collector Garden designed by Kate Campbell, Sally-Anne Rees & William Murray
YoungMinds Garden designed by Charlie Chase
Silver
The Bat Conservation Trust’s Nocturnal Garden designed by Melanie Hick
Bronze
No bronze medals awarded in category.
BALCONY AND CONTAINER GARDENS
Gold
Flood Re: Contain the Rain Garden designed by John Howlett
The Whittard of Chelsea Garden designed by Ollie Pike
Kennedys' Independent Property Agents: Tales from the Riverbank Balcony Garden designed by Susie Kennedy & Kate Henning
A Little Garden of Shared Knowledge designed by Katerina Kantalis
Hedgerow in the Sky - Tech Mahindra designed by Sarah Mayfield & Monika Greenhough
Silver-gilt
Fettercairn: The Angels’ Share designed by May Starey
The Transient Garden designed by Rebecca Lloyd Jones
Silver
Alzheimer’s Society: Microbes and Minds Garden designed by Tina Worboys
Bronze
The Sightsavers Garden: we start with sight but we don't stop there designed by Peter Karn, Janice Molyneux and Sarah Fisher
The Seasalt Painted Garden designed by Lynn James
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We will keep updating this article with breaking new throughout the show.
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