RHS Badminton to feature largest ever show garden
RHS Badminton Flower Show adds to its horticultural line up with the largest ever Feature Garden, created by award-winning designer Tom Stuart-Smith
Measuring 2,400m², The Julia Rausing Garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith is the largest garden ever seen at an RHS Show and will be a celebration of the life and philanthropic work of Julia Rausing. Fresh from his Gold medal winning garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Tom is now taking on the challenge of the largest Feature Garden, equivalent in size to nine Wimbledon tennis courts, with its huge scale enabling meandering paths for visitors to be fully immersed in its planting.
The garden’s design is inspired by the pastoral setting at Badminton Estate and frames views over the lake and back to Badminton House. A central terrace and fountain will be surrounded by a flower garden in which woodland edge planting will be set amongst multi-stemmed trees with a dry meadow of drought tolerant perennials. This inner area will be enveloped by a
The Julia Rausing Garden
Joining the line-up of show features is Perfume Pavilions by Nicholson’s Garden Design, a sensory garden celebrating botany as the source of scent and perfume. The garden will feature lavender, honeysuckle, daphne and phlox to immerse the space in scent, while also entertaining the other senses with rustling leaves, flavour packed herbs and colourful blooms.
These feature gardens and exhibits join a host of award-winning gardens, expert growers and nurseries, floral installations, talks stages and live music.
