The Addleshaw Goddard: ‘Flourish as One’ Garden celebrates the exchange of botanical knowledge across borders and the role international collaboration can play in helping gardens and landscapes flourish in a changing climate.

Visitors are immersed in a richly layered landscape filled with unusual plants from around the world, growing in conditions inspired by their natural habitats. At its heart is a naturally filtered plunge pool, which uses a chemical-free filtration system.

An 8m feature tree rises through the green roof of a cantilevered pavilion, with the structure designed around the tree rather than the other way around. The feature reflects the designers’ belief that the living landscape should come first, with architecture working around and responding to nature.

Rare and unusual plants are at the heart of the garden, with species from around the world brought together to demonstrate how understanding a plant’s origins and natural habitat can help it thrive. Rather than grouping plants geographically, the garden creates different growing conditions, from wet shade beside the water to more arid conditions on the pavilion roof. 

The planting uses a restrained palette of lemon yellow, smoky lilac, plum and acid green, combining structural grasses, flowering perennials, umbels and varied foliage. Soft textures are an important part of the scheme. 

Key plants include Sassafras albidum, Polygonatum mengtzense f. tonkinense, Araiostegia pulchra, Campanula moesiaca and Delphinium requienii.

Plants for Pollinators

Verbascum phoeniceum 'Violetta'

Plants for Pollinators

Campanula moesiaca

Plants for Pollinators

Campanula patula

Plants for Pollinators

Allium cernuum

Plants for Pollinators

Aquilegia chrysantha

Peucedanum verticillare

Anemone multifida 'Rubra'

Chaerophyllum hirsutum 'Roseum'

Dianthus knappii

Zizia aurea

Delphinium requienii

Plants suppliers: Katie's Garden Plant Centre, Creepers, Crug Farm, Kevock Plants

The garden brings together a range of sustainable approaches. The plunge pool is naturally filtered without chemicals, while the pavilion harvests water and cycles it through the pool and its filtration system. A planted roof makes use of additional growing space and helps support biodiversity. 

Plants are positioned in micro-environments that mimic aspects of their native habitats, helping them cope with weather extremes, pests and disease. They are also being grown in an innovative peat-free growing medium designed to release nutrients at the right time and minimise feeding.

Materials include Reformed Stone, made using 60% recycled material from the Italian marble industry. 

Norfolk-based Joe Carey and Laura Carey founded Carey Garden Design Studio and work together to combine strong spatial design with refined, atmospheric planting. Joe Carey focuses on shaping space and developing design ideas, while Laura Carey brings her specialist eye for colour, texture and planting. 

The pair previously designed RHS Chelsea gardens in 2023, 2025 and 2026, winning Gold medals. Their 2023 garden was awarded Best in Show, while their Addleshaw Goddard garden in 2025 received Best Small Show Garden and Best Small Garden Construction. In 2026 they also won Best Small Show Garden.

Addleshaw Goddard is an international law firm and Official Legal Partner of RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The garden’s focus on international collaboration and the exchange of information reflects the firm’s commitment to helping its clients, colleagues and communities flourish.

Plans for the garden’s relocation after RHS Chelsea Flower Show will be announced in the spring.