Show garden relocations from RHS Chelsea 2023
Explore some of the stories of RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens in 2023 that were relocated to new homes
Savills: Plot to Plate Garden
Designed by Mark Gregory, this RHS Silver-gilt medal-winning Show Garden evoked the experience of stepping into the intimate walled garden of a country hotel. The combination of beautiful ornamental and edible planting provided both a sanctuary and a source of the very best in flavours and nutrition. The garden has been relocated to Shaw Trust Children’s Home to create a peaceful but fun learning environment for the young people currently in residence at the home.
Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden
Designed by Semple Begg, the garden was awarded an RHS Gold medal. For inspiration, the garden took us to Wonka’s factory, to Oz and Wonderland, where colour is vivid and exuberant, shape and form are exaggerated and where the inner world of a child’s anxiety is expressed as an outer wonderland. The garden has been relocated to the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow affording long term benefits and access to transformational art therapy. The garden was supported by Project Giving Back.
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Savills: Plot to Plate Garden
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Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden
Savills: Plot to Plate Garden
Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden
Designed by Jane Porter, the RHS Silver-gilt medal-winning All About Plants Garden was inspired by refugee migration routes across Europe and the concept of desire lines – paths we create where no formal routes exist. The Choose Love Garden has been relocated to Good Food Matters, a remarkable community kitchen and garden in Croydon and one of Choose Love’s partners in the UK. The garden was supported by Project Giving Back.
The Doorstep Library Garden
Designed by Gini Denison-Pender, Philippa Craddock, Anna Garner, the garden was awarded an RHS Silver medal at the show. Timber, cushions and books from the garden were given to Max Roach Community Centre. Plants have been relocated to gardens all over the south east – many were gifted to volunteers and some sold to RHS Chelsea visitors after the show.
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The Choose Love Garden
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The Doorstep Library Garden
The Choose Love Garden
The Doorstep Library Garden
Designed by Jilayne Rickards, the garden received an RHS Silver medal at the show. The garden mapped the journey of an ecotourist on a gorilla trek, tracing a rough track through a succession of lush and changing landscapes on either side of the Protected Forest Area boundary wall. The garden has been relocated to the world-famous biomes at the Eden Project in Cornwall, to be enjoyed by its one million visitors a year. The garden was supported by Project Giving Back.
The Mary Anning Space to Learn Garden
Designed by Julie Haylock and Andrew Haylock, this RHS Bronze medal-winning Container Garden was inspired by Mary Anning, the pioneering palaeontologist and fossil collector. Imagined for the grounds of a primary school, this small, fun outdoor educational area surrounded by shade-loving plants in tree stump containers, provided a Jurassic atmosphere. Relocated to Charmouth Primary School, the children love using the space to learn and as a quiet place when they have break out time.
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The Fauna & Flora Garden
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The Mary Anning Space to Learn Garden
The Fauna & Flora Garden
The Mary Anning Space to Learn Garden
Designed by Charlie Hawkes, this garden won an RHS Gold medal, Best in Show and Best Construction in the Sanctuary category. The garden took inspiration from people living with rare forms of dementia, particularly visual and spacial forms of the disease. Using their lives to inform a space that offered autonomy and hope, and encouraging activity among those affected. The garden was relocated to the National Brain Appeal’s new Rare Dementia Support Centre in London. The garden was supported by Project Giving Back.
The RSPCA Garden
Designed by Martyn Wilson, the garden was awarded an RHS Silver-gilt medal. Planting was naturalistic, in shades of green, whites and tones of RSPCA blue, with pollinator-friendly plants. This Show Garden has been relocated to the RSPCA’s education hub at Stapeley Grange Wildlife Rescue Centre in Nantwich, Cheshire to support their prevention work and create a world that’s kinder to all animals. The garden was supported by Project Giving Back.
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The National Brain Appeal’s Rare Space
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The RSPCA Garden
The National Brain Appeal’s Rare Space
The RSPCA Garden
Designed by Alexa Ryan-Mills, this RHS Silver-gilt medal-winning garden celebrated the next generation of dancers and appreciators of dance in East London. Sadler’s Wells partners with a number of schools and colleges in north and east London to help embed arts-inspired activities into the school day. One of these is School 21 in Stratford. Plants and materials from the garden have been relocated there to help children take part in outdoor arts-inspired activities. The garden was supported by Project Giving Back.
The Sadler’s Wells East Garden
