A variety of show gardens impress at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
By: Laura Toogood | Images: Sarah Bacon
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is one of the leading events in our renowned guide to the British Summer Social Season. This is the place to gain inspiration for your gardens at home, while enjoying a wonderful social day out in the London sunshine.
There are more than 30 gardens that span four different categories at the show. There are many wonderful garden design ideas and planting inspiration. The large show gardens are positioned on the Main Avenue.
The Cha no niwa Japanese Tea Garden is a place of clam reflection. It has been beautifully designed with different elevations. The garden provides a place where you can unwind and align yourself with the peace and quiet of nature.
They include the Glasshouse Garden, which has been created to celebrate the transformative effect of second chances through horticulture. The Glasshouse programme supports women as they approach the final stage of a prison sentence. This garden highlights the role of horticulture and rehabilitation.
The Glasshouse programme has a zero percent reoffending rate, which demonstrates the power of gardening within the prison environment.
One of the other highlights among the gardens on show this year is The King’s Trust Garden: Seeding Success. It focuses on the parallels between seeds and young people and has been designed by Joe Perkins. Grasses and perennials feature next to low-growing shrubs in a garden the contains a variety of texture.
The King visited the show last night and it was a day of Royal celebration as David Austin also unveiled their new rose called The King’s Rose.
The smaller gardens at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show include the Tackle HIV Challenging Stigma Garden that has been designed by Manoj Malde.
The garden marks 40 years of scientific progress in this area and focuses on tackling stigma, with input from Gareth Thomas CBE.
There are so many highlights at the show and a few of the other notable gardens include the Boodles Raindance Garden and The Pathway Garden. Meanwhile, the balcony gardens are also well worth seeing for inspiration when it comes to smaller areas.
A Space to Read Balcony Garden, sponsored by Viking, has been designed for a couple who are passionate about plants. The Bees for Development – Making Life Better With Bees considers biodiversity as its central theme.
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