RHS Badminton Flower Show runs from 8 to 12 July, and promises a host of exciting gardens and plants for its visitors. This new show in Gloucestershire takes place on the Badminton Estate, to replace this year's RHS Hampton Court Palace, which has become a biennial show.
Below is the full list of gardens at RHS Badminton Flower Show this year.
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Show Gardens at RHS Badminton Flower Show 2026
Feature Gardens
Perfume Pavilions by Nicholsons Garden Design
In collaboration with Juliana, C. Atherley, Fibrex and AllGreen
Hinting at the origins of scent in botany, this garden, imagined to be set in the Cotswolds, features a host of fragranced plants, including lavender, honeysuckle, daphne and phlox. Two greenhouses showcase scented foliage plants, such as geraniums.
The Archers 75th Anniversary Garden by Jo Thompson
This much-anticipated garden from award-winning designer Jo Thompson is one of the stars of RHS Badminton Flower Show 2026. Celebrating the 75th anniversary of BBC 4's long-running radio drama, it will give visitor the sense they are peeking into the front garden of Ambridge's fictional Bridge Farm. Fans should look out for easter eggs such as Pat's strawberries for jam-making, Tony's packets of sweet pea seeds and Helen's cheese-making area.
The Julia Rausing Garden by Tom Stuart-Smith
In support of The Julia Rausing Trust
Measuring 2,400 square metres in size, this is the largest ever Feature Garden to be seen in any RHS show. It also comes from one of the UK's leading designers, Tom Stuart-Smith, alongside singer Will Young and plantsman and TV presenter Jamie Butterworth.
While taking inspiration from Badminton's surrounding countryside, the garden pays tribute to Julia Rausing, a British philanthropist and garden lover who sadly died in 2024, but helped raise over £400 million for good causes throughout her life. It features a wildflower meadow and woodland-edge flower garden.
Show Gardens
Finding Hope by Rick Ford and Pip Probert
Sponsored by Gardens by Rick Ford and Pip Probert Garden Design in support of CALM
Silver medal winner
This contemplative space highlights the work of the suicide prevention charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably). It is structured around 16 squares to represent the number of lives lost to suicide every day, characterised by natural materials and a restrained planting palette for a calming and gentle feel. A continuous pathway offers the chance to pause and reflect.
Macmillan Cancer Support: The Nascent Shade Garden by Elle Arnett in collaboration with Artisan Landscapes
Sponsored by Macmillan Cancer Support
Gold medal winner
Best Construction Award
Designed to emphasise the power of legacy giving, this shady garden takes inspiration from the proverb: ‘A society grows strong when its people plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit’. Sculptural birch trees and lime and stone sculptures gradually become more evenly spaced as you move through the garden, reflecting Macmillan’s mission to close the gap between the best and worst cancer experiences.
Oregon – The Productive Garden by Sadie May Stowell
Sponsored by Travel Oregon
Silver Gilt medal winner
With flowing water, fruit trees and pollinator-friendly planting, this productive garden captures some of the defining elements of Oregon's Willamette Valley in the US. You'll see a predominantly blue, white and pale yellow planting scheme, with key plants including lupins, lavender and sunflowers.
The Cricket Pavilion Garden by Stephen Moody
Sponsored by Alitex in support of Young at Heart
Gold medal winner
Best Show Garden
As the willow sculptures suggest, this garden celebrates over 150 years of English cricket bat manufacturing in East Sussex. Combining a traditional cricket pavilion and a neatly clipped lawn with colourful planting, it gives a nod to the cricket ground at Old Heathfield, East Sussex, where Young At Heart hosts activities to bring together older people and school children.
Young Designer gardens
A Space For Her by Sophie Sturgeon
Sponsored by Ground Control Ltd
Silver Gilt medal winner
A space for girls and young women to find support and confidence away from societal pressures and social media, Sophie Sturgeon's garden features thoughtful elements such as a sunken space for contemplation, and a raised decking area for conversation. Visitors can also spot timber posts engraved with affirmations chosen by 25 girls and young women aged 12 to 25. The planting is focused around whites and purples, with wildlife-friendly species.
Blue Diamond Garden Centres: Where Grief Grows Quiet by Sophie Leo
Sponsored by Blue Diamond Garden Centres supporting Maggie’s
Gold medal winner
RHS Young Designer of the Year
Best Construction Award (built by Ben Gifford)
Inspired by ancient sheepfolds, built to shelter shepherds and their flocks, Sophie Leo's 'Where Grief Grows' garden is designed to be a peaceful sanctuary for rest and reflection. The planting takes its cue from fields and hedgerows, featuring Acer campestre, native grass Deschampsia cespitosa, and wildflower ribwort plantain.
Silo: All that comes in remains by Abigail Stoyle
Sponsored by Silo, Supported by Cure Leukaemia
Gold medal winner
Environmental Innovation Award
Sponsored by Silo in London, the world's first zero-waste restaurant, the 'All that comes in remains' garden is a 'closed-loop' space. Plants are edimental – both edible and ornamental – while materials are used sustainably, such as the concrete-alternative made from oyster shells.
Artisan Gardens
Electuary by Joshua Fenton
Sponsored by Daylesford (TBC), Arbour Landscape Solutions and Stark & Greensmith
Silver Gilt medal winner
For his Artisan Garden, designer Joshua Fenton drew on his own experience as a beekeeper, incorporating natural materials and layered planting. Visitors will also spot nods to other traditional crafts, such as wicker weaving, thatching and hedge laying. As for the planting, herbal remedies are key, with native choices including hawthorn, dandelions, nettles and borage.
Honing Heritage by Nick Leitch
Sponsored by Great British Gardens, Beltane Forge, Nature First Trees, Hedgeworx, Cotswold Natural Stone and David Austin Roses
Silver medal winner
Highly commended in the RHS Environmental Innovation Award category
With features such as a central iron gazebo and dry-stone walls, the 'Honing Heritage' garden highlights the importance of handmade crafts in historic garden design. Paying homage to the Arts and Crafts movement is Rosa Gertrude Jekyll, which sits beside climate-resilient species such as Nepeta and Yucca glauca (soapweed).
Ruskin Mill Trust – Artisan Woodland Craft Garden by Rachael Austin
Sponsored by Ruskin Mill Trust
Gold medal winner
Best Artisan Garden
Highly commended in the RHS Environmental Innovation Award category
The process of shaping natural materials into useful objects is the focus of this woodland-edge garden sponsored by Ruskin Mill Trust, which offers therapeutic education and care for people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). A central covered area features charred oak setts, hazel wattle fencing and traditional ash furniture, alongside native plants often dismissed as weeds, including Carex pendula (large sedge) and Prunella vulgaris (selfheal).
The Split Hazel Basketry Garden by Henry T Pope
Sponsored by The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers, Frater Urban Quarry, Chew Valley Trees, Landscape Plus and Sweetwater Plant Nursery
Gold medal winner
Best Construction Award (built by Arlington Landscapes)
Only a handful of artisans still practise split hazel basketry, and just three teach it; this garden celebrates the ancient craft. There are hazel trees with signs of coppicing, after being used to make baskets, and a hazel hurdle fence. Yellow, pink and white planting complements this hazel, with verbascum, achillea and alliums.
Pocket Planting
Scroll down to take a look at the pocket planting gardens at RHS Badminton 2026.
A Celebration of Compost and Community by Simon Deeves
Sponsored by Treasure Gardening
Silver Gilt medal winner
Buglife: Blue Halo Garden by Natalya Scott and Lucie Dannemann-Scott
Sponsored by Buglife and Bristol University
Silver Gilt medal winner
Dorothy House: Shared Breath by Charlotte Sanderson
Sponsored by Dorothy House and Ennismore Charitable Trust
Gold medal winner
Life in Dereliction by Luke Adams and Esme Jones
Sponsored by Amy Alexandra Marsden in support of No Plant Left Behind
Silver Gilt medal winner
Living Beauty by Megan Dodd
Sponsored by Constantine Rex The Generous Gardener and Bodkin House Hotel in support of Leighterton School
Silver Gilt medal winner
Plantwild: The Pollinators Sanctuary Garden by Darren Gillingham
Sponsored by Plantwild, Wildcare Nationwide Ecology Supplies, Somerset Reclamation and Bristol Wood Recycling Project
Gold medal winner
Silverhand Estate: The Butterfly Garden by Emma Atkinson
Sponsored by Silverhand Estate in support of Butterfly Conservation
Silver medal winner
The Woodstock Homes Multiple Sclerosis Garden by Michael Leech and Gavin Moth
Sponsored by Woodstock Homes in support of The Brightwell
Silver medal winner
The Yin and Yang Pocket Planting by Alexandra Gray
In support of Seend Lye Field
Silver Gilt medal winner
University of Sheffield: The Invisible Balance Garden by Enya Jacobson
Sponsored by University Of Sheffield in support of PoTS UK
Silver medal winner
Urban Planters: A Pocket for Amphibians by Charlotte Connelly
Silver Gilt medal winner
Where Nature Navigates by Alison Johnston
Sponsored by Four Seasons West Yorkshire Landscape Gardening and Grounds Maintenance in support of Canal and River Trust
Gold medal winner
Best Pocket Planting
Read more about this year's RHS Badminton Flower Show.
