Education applications, Schools and Communities

Help inspire and educate visitors through interactive displays about horticulture and related subjects

The shows provide an effective springboard to educate and interact with the show visitors and a chance for you to demonstrate both your aims and messages. Although categories differ slightly from show to show, all of these exhibits are creative and innovative, inspiring visitors and increasing their understanding of horticulture and related subjects.

RHS Malvern Spring Festival

School Garden Challenge

The School Garden Challenge for 2027 is now open

Supported by Syngenta Flowers and Bransford Webbs Plant Company.

The theme for the 2027 challenge is Wildlife & Habitats and encourages pupils to explore animals, insects and the wider ecosystems they depend on, helping them understand biodiversity in a hands-on, creative way. Designs can include features such as pollinator-friendly plants, bug hotels, ponds and shelter spaces for wildlife.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 23rd October 2026

RHS Chelsea Flower Show

GreenSTEM

GreenSTEM applications for 2026 are now closed.

RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s GreenSTEM celebrates horticulture where it intersects with science, technology and the environment. This area is a platform to showcase your work and convey the cutting edge innovations and research that are being made throughout the industry in an engaging, educational, dynamic and interactive way.

We encourage applications from educational and scientific institutions, government bodies, research teams, industry, plant specialists and those driven to highlight the impact that gardening and horticulture has on our internal and the planet’s external well being. 

Bus Stop Boulevard 2018
Discover and Grow
Discovery Zone Chelsea

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