RHS Chelsea’s floral artists create textural treasures

One of the highlights of RHS Chelsea Flower Show are the incredible examples of floral art, which show the talents of dedicated and creative artists. There are two categories of floral exhibits in the Great Pavilion:

• Floral Creations –  Smaller arrangements mounted on plinths with the theme for 2025 of ‘Texture’. These displays are judged for RHS medals and are eligable to win the coveted RHS Chelsea Florist of the Year award
• Creative Spaces – Larger, living sculptures that blur the boundaries of science and art. These displays are not judged for RHS medals and are eligable to win the RHS Floristry Ambassadors’ Choice award

Explore the 2025 Floral Creations

SEED

By Deqi Yin, Yan Wang and Jiuzhou Guan, Guan Guan Art Studio

Show display

Previous work

The design is inspired by seeds as the source of everything. The exhibit aims to reflect their role as symbols of hope, resilience and the power and texture of life.

Botanical Bliss: A Tapestry of Texture

By Elizabeth Newcombe

Show display

Previous work

Botanical Bliss is a hand-tied bouquet that showcases the pinnacle of floristry craftsmanship, with a focus on the rich diversity of textures found in nature. The design celebrates both English-grown blooms and unique, textured materials.

Flowers of the display

Nerines

Scabious

Sanguisorba

The bouquet features beautiful botanicals, including sweet peas, clematis, and scabious, evoking the vibrant beauty of an English garden. At the heart of the display is a handmade ethereal framework crafted from natural botanical materials, mostly made from dried seed heads.

Love Our Rivers

By Layla Robinson

Show display

Previous work

This display is a homage to the beautiful rivers of the UK using only everlasting flowers. The message of this design is to highlight how precious and beautiful our rivers are and that we need to love them and help keep them clean.

Flowers of the display

Centaura cyanus

Lunaria annua

Gypsophila paniculata

At the top of the display sits an ethereal delicate white flower cloud, out of which, strands of honesty and hydrangea petals rain down to form a river of blue flowers running between textural bursts of wild grasses. Vibrant, bold flower clusters cascade down in a waterfall of textured blue, green, and white flowers flowing onto a bed of frothing blue hydrangeas and honesty at the base of the plinth.

Lunar Texture

By Jade Loftus

Show display

Previous work

Inspiration for the design comes from the textures observed on the moon’s surface and the colours and striations of the Northern lights. The upper circular disc is constructed from recycled foam board covered in a textural layer of bark, seed and natural fibres.

Flowers of the display

Ornithogalum

Gomphocarpus physocarpus

© Pixaby

Senecio rowleyanus

Silk Yarn

By Mariusz Cwik, McQueens Flowers Ltd

Show display

Previous work

Nature provides us with many wonderful textures to appreciate, and one of the finest is silk. Inspired by the laborious work of the silkworm the floral arrangement is rich in texture and colour. Silk yarn comes from the cocoons of silk moth larvae; the larvae process botanical masses of mulberry into silk fibres, which can then be harvested.

Flowers of the display

Hypericum

Pussy willow

White anemones

Ahimsa silk production is a humane alternative to conventional silk production, where silk cocoons are only harvested and processed after the moth has hatched from the cocoon. From this delicate thread, we can create the finest material with different textures and unlimited lengths showing how nature and mankind can work peaceably to create beauty, without sacrifice.

The Wild Nest

By Sarah Hinchcliff, North and Flower

Show display

Previous work

The Wild Nest is inspired by the habitats and nests – textured elements that creatures have collected to create their homely cocoons. Visitors will see the floral elements, with their smooth delicate petals growing from the organic shape of the textured nest.

Flowers of the display

Sweet rocket

Nigella

Rosemary

The design is purposefully wild, celebrating the beauty of imperfections in nature, such as the curves of a malformed stem or dried elements that have increased their charm in their final stages of life.

Transition

By Jill Winton, Plantology Floral Creations

Show display

Previous work

Transition celebrates the cyclical nature of life. The arrangement showcases plants and flowers in various stages of development, from delicate

A seedling is a young plant grown from seed.

Flowers of the display

Ammi majus

Scabiosa stellata

Ferns

The centrepiece features stunning, silky Ranunculi asiaticus and geum flowers, symbolising the peak of life’s beauty and abundance. This evocative display invites contemplation on the interconnectedness of all living things and the enduring power of nature.

Deep Breaths

By Georgia Lester, Mary Jane Vaughan Designs

Show display

Previous work

The exhibit recreates the atmosphere of a calming forest with textures, scents and colours that promote the feeling of being immersed in nature. The background of the piece is made from a mix of dried and pressed petals and flowers, as well as fresh stems.

Flowers of the display

Ivy

Nigella

Moss

The preserved material is made from ‘studio waste’ (flowers that would have otherwise been composted) delicately arranged to look like a little slice of blue sky. The backdrop of petals is inspired by the Van Gogh exhibition in London, where the textures of the brushstrokes are reminiscent of piles of petals and leaves. The ancient art of well dressing is also an influence in the design – where flower heads, petals and foliage are laid on wet clay to create a scene that gives thanks to the earth.

Moon in Bloom

By Kathryn Cronin, Fierceblooms

Show display

Previous work

Moon In Bloom celebrates the rare lunar standstill (when the moon reaches its furthest north or south position relative to Earth) and Beltane – Gaelic May Day festival – symbolising renewal, transformation, and the moon’s influence. Inspired by biodynamic growing in the floral artist’s canal-side cutting garden, a floral sculpture of a crescent moon woven from Cheshire-grown willow is arranged with seasonal and everlasting British flowers.

Flowers of the display

Mint

Allium

Alchemilla mollis

Pinks, whites, lemons, and purples, inspired by Celtic mythology, evoke the lunar cycle’s beauty and a passion for sustainable floristry. Shimmering Lunaria contrasts with fragrant clematis, digitalis, peonies, and roses. Using only compostable or reusable materials, the exhibit highlights environmental harmony and reconnection with nature’s timeless rhythms.

Through the Veil

By Karan Rai, Flowerphul

Show display

Previous work

The design is inspired by the Sehra, a floral veil worn by South Asian grooms as part of their wedding attire. It features fresh and dried flowers, arranged in soft, cascading layers to reflect the movement of fabric. The design is delicate yet structured, capturing both tradition and modern floristry techniques.

Flowers of the display

Cream roses

Blue delphiniums

Eucalyptus

The colour palette includes antique cream, dusty blue, champagne, and blush pink, chosen for their timeless and elegant feel. Flowers such as roses, delphiniums, and Lisanthus are paired with thistles, Amaranthus, and eucalyptus to create contrast and depth. The display tells a story through floristry, blending cultural heritage with contemporary themes.

Discover the 2025 Creative Spaces

Remnants

By Emily Thompson Flowers

Show display

A creative treatment of life, decay and renewal within nature, this exhibit is a living eulogy to a sculptural fallen pine. The tree, now aged and gnarled, is in terminal decline, but new life is flourishing in a habitat cradled by its snaking lower branches: a mangrove forest loaded with bog-loving reeds, horsetail rushes and Trollius, alongside spring ephemerals like Podophyllum. Through this single fallen tree specimen, viewers are invited to reflect on the transience of organic lifecycles and to embrace the natural world in all its stages of reproduction and rot.

Humus

By Wagner Kreusch and Frida Kim

Show display

This visceral installation draws visual parallels between root structures and the human circulatory system – two unseen networks that sustain life, growth and resilience. Multi-sensory elements capture the branching structure of blood vessels, mirrored below in the fascinating forms of mycorrhizal fungi and tree roots. These dual worlds symbolise the connection between the hidden and visible in our interconnected ecosystems. Materials include layered paper paired with fresh, dried and decayed elements, from tree roots to barks and wheat grasses.

Tabula Rosa

By The Humid House

Show display

Tabula Rosa plays on tabula rasa (blank slate) and rosa (rose), referencing the long history of botanical display and its entanglement with systems of knowledge and control. As tropical climates expand and AI further destabilises our sense of what is real, the installation becomes a stage for botanical fictions –

A plant produced by crossing two distinct parents, often different species, to produce offspring that combine the characteristics of both. Hybrids can occur naturally, but crosses are often made deliberately by plant breeders to produce plants with better yield, improved flowering or vigour, or improved disease resistance.