Project Giving Back

With nearly 170,000 visitors and an audience of millions across TV and the media, RHS Chelsea Flower Show is an unparalleled global platform for good causes to raise awareness and funds. Project Giving Back (PGB) is making it possible for a diverse range of charities to have a presence at the show.

Set up as a unique grant-making organisation with this sole focus, PGB funded 12 gardens at RHS Chelsea 2022, and 15 in 2023 with the goal of up to 42 gardens over three years. It was founded by two private individuals who are passionate about giving good causes a significant springboard to reach more people and more potential donations to continue their important work for people, plants and the planet, and to draw attention to the work of charitable organisations, community interest groups, and educational programmes in the UK.
 

Two more years of PGB

In September 2023 it was announced PGB would be extending  support of gardens at RHS Chelsea for another two years, covering the 2025 and 2026 shows.

Hattie Ghaui, Project Giving Back’s CEO, said: “I am thrilled to confirm we will be supporting even more gardens for good causes at RHS Chelsea Flower Show until 2026. As we move into our third year of funding, it feels like PGB is still in its adolescent years and we wanted to give it time to mature into adulthood. We know from having to turn down some incredibly strong funding applications over the past couple of years that there are so many wonderful stories waiting to be told. We’re all excited to see how the creativity of charities, designers and wider garden teams continues to unfold and look forward to welcoming more partnerships into the PGB family.”

Relocation and sustainability

All PGB supported gardens are relocated after the show so they live on and continue to make a positive difference to communities and charities in the longer term. 


The Project Giving Back funded 2024 gardens:

• The Terrence Higgins Trust Garden
• The St James’s Piccadilly Garden
• WaterAid Garden
• The National Autistic Society Garden
• A Garden for Stroke Recovery
• Muscular Dystrophy UK Garden
• National Garden Scheme Garden
• World Child Cancer’s Nurturing Garden
• The Freedom From Torture Garden
• The Size of Wales Garden
• The Pulp Friction - Growing Skills Garden
• The Panathlon Joy Garden
• Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden
• Planet Good Earth
• Bowel Research UK Microbiome Garden

The Project Giving Back funded 2023 gardens:

• Horatio’s Garden – designed by Charlotte Harris and Hugo Bugg (Gold medal, Best in Category)
• ​The Royal Entomological Society Garden – designed by Tom Massey (Gold medal)
• Myeloma UK Garden - ‘A Life Worth Living’ – designed by Chris Beardshaw (Gold medal, People’s Choice winner)
• Samaritans’ Listening Garden – designed by Darren Hawkes (Silver Gilt medal)
• The Centre for Mental Health’s The Balance Garden – designed by Jonathan Davies & Steve Williams (Silver medal)
• The Fauna & Flora International Garden – designed by Jilayne Rickards (Silver medal)
• Centrepoint Garden – designed by Cleve West (Gold medal, Best Construction)

• Choose Love Garden – designed by Jane Porter (Silver Gilt medal)
• The Natural Affinity Garden for Aspens – designed by Camellia Taylor (Silver Gilt medal)
• School Food Matters Garden  – designed by Harry Holding (Silver Gilt medal, People’s Choice)
• The Sadler’s Wells East Garden – designed by Alexa Ryan-Mills (Silver medal)
• The Talitha Arts Garden – designed by Joe Carey & Laura Carey (Gold medal, Best in Category)
• The Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden – designed by Nicola Semple & Susan Begg (Gold medal)

• The RSPCA Garden - designed by Martyn Wilson (Silver Gilt medal)
• The National Brain Appeal’s Rare Space - designed by Charlie Hawkes (Gold medal, Best in Category, Best Construction)

The Project Giving Back funded 2022 gardens:

• A Rewilding Britain Landscape – designed by Lulu Urquhart and Adam Hunt (Gold medal, Best in Category)
• A Textile Garden for Fashion Revolution – designed by Lottie Delamain (Silver Gilt medal)
• ​​Alder Hey Urban Foraging Station – designed by Howard Miller and Hugh Miller (Silver Gilt medal)
• Core Arts Front Garden Revolution – designed by Andy Smith-Williams (Gold medal)
• Hands Off Mangrove by Grow2Know – designed by Tayshan Hayden-Smith and Danny Clarke (Silver Gilt medal)
• The Mind Garden – designed by Andy Sturgeon (Gold medal)
• Mothers for Mothers Garden – ‘This Too Shall Pass’ – designed by Pollyanna Wilkinson (Silver medal, People’s Choice)
• New Blue Peter Garden: Discover Soil – designed by Juliet Sargeant (Silver Gilt medal)
• RAF Benevolent Fund ‘Strongest Link’ Garden – designed by John Everiss (Silver medal)
• St Mungo’s Putting Down Roots Garden – designed by Darryl Moore and Adolfo Harrison (Silver medal)
• Wilderness Foundation UK Garden – designed by Charlie Hawkes (Gold medal, Best in Category)
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