Each year, the world-famous show on the banks of the River Thames in Chelsea, London, invites visitors to experience the very best in landscape design and horticulture. The RHS team curates show gardens that champion good causes, spotlight charities, and highlight key horticultural themes – sharing them with a wide audience through extensive media coverage.
The Large and Small Show Garden categories are always highly anticipated. Here are some of the gardens that will make their mark at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
The Large Show Gardens
Parkinson’s UK – A Garden for Every Parkinson’s Journey
The Parkinson’s UK – A Garden for Every Parkinson’s Journey, is destined for John Radcliffe Hospital after it’s had its moment in the spotlight at the show. Designed by Arit Anderson, the garden offers a calming space for people with Parkinson’s and their supporters. Divided into three sensory zones – energising, restful, and night-time – it uses colour, texture and planting to reflect symptoms and provide comfort during outpatient visits. Inspired by a workshop for gardeners living with Parkinson’s and their loved ones, this joyful garden is designed as a sanctuary that both supports and appreciates those navigating this complex neurological condition.
Lady Garden Foundation ‘Silent No More’ Garden
Designed to spark curiosity and open uninhibited conversations about gynaecological health, the Lady Garden Foundation ‘Silent No More’ Garden designed by Darren Hawkes reimagines the female anatomy through bold forms inspired by sculptor Eduardo Chillida. A winding path leads through vibrant planting and five sculptures representing gynaecological cancers, with water guiding visitors into intimate and communal spaces, encouraging connection and breaking the silence.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England Garden: ‘On the Edge’
The Campaign to Protect Rural England Garden: ‘On the Edge’ designed by Sarah Eberle celebrates the overlooked edgelands – fragile spaces on the urban fringe that connect people with nature. Created for CPRE’s centenary, the garden symbolises hope and resilience, featuring a sculpted guardian figure whose flowing willow hair forms a dry-stone wall through a naturalistic landscape.
The Children’s Society Garden
The Children’s Society Garden designed by Patrick Clarke is a peaceful urban sanctuary designed to offer teenagers a sense of safety, peace, and connection, to support emotional wellbeing. Reclaimed materials and a canopy of recycled steel and glass create a safe space for reflection, connection and hope.
The Eden Project: Bring Me Sunshine Garden
The Eden Project: Bring Me Sunshine Garden designed by Harry Holding and Alex Michaelis celebrates regeneration and hope, empowering young adults, especially those often overlooked, with practical skills and pathways into green industries. Inspired by Morecambe Bay, where a new Eden is being created, the garden’s centrepiece is a solar-powered structure for workshops in craft, horticulture and digital learning, set within a resilient, rainwater-recycling landscape.
The Killik & Co ‘A Seed in Time’ Garden
The Killik & Co ‘A Seed in Time’ Garden designed by Baz Grainger is a tranquil family retreat that celebrates traditional crafts from Britain’s natural wetland heritage and responds to the challenges of a changing climate. A reed and straw structure, echoing Britain’s wetlands, channels rainwater into a central wetland. Simple materials, fruiting trees and resilient planting ensure long-term beauty and biodiversity.
The Tate Britain Garden
At the heart of The Tate Garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith, sits a sculpture by a leading British artist, to be announced in early 2026. A curved path of reclaimed garden stone leads to a circular seating area, surrounded by vibrant planting that encourages conversation and connection. Inspired by East Asian woodlands and using drought-tolerant species, the planting supports Tate’s sustainability goals and boosts biodiversity. A tranquil water feature, based on fungal structures, flows through bronze dishes with illuminated rills, inviting sensory engagement and wellbeing.
The Asthma and Lung UK Breathing Space Garden
The Asthma and Lung UK Breathing Space Garden designed by Angus Thompson is a serene woodland-edge garden designed as a restorative ‘breathing space’ for people living with lung conditions, featuring accessible paths, therapeutic planting, and a tranquil platform for breath-focused practices. A restrained planting palette of green and white is lifted by highlights of purple and orange, with pockets of low-allergen plants chosen for their gentle impact.
Tokonoma Garden – Samumaya no Niwa
Set in a nostalgic Japanese courtyard, the Tokonoma Garden – Samumaya no Niwa, designed by Kazuyuki Ishihara and Paul Noritaka Tange, is a seasonally inspired garden that invites visitors to reflect, connect, and appreciate traditional beauty. Designed to evoke the view from a small tea room, it celebrates harmony, family bonds, and community spirit.
The Small Show Gardens
Addleshaw Goddard: Flourish in the City
The Addleshaw Goddard: Flourish in the City garden designed by Joe and Laura Carey celebrates the hidden gemstones of London - its gardens and pocket-sized oases that quietly stitch the city together, offering sanctuary, freedom and community amid the urban rush. Inspired by London’s status as the first National Park City, the garden blends natural forms and materials to reflect the city’s heritage. The garden also references the emerging #humanise movement, led by London-based designer Thomas Heatherwick, encapsulating joy, generosity, and imaginative design.
Journey Beyond the Tracks: From Adelaide to Perth
Inspired by the Indian Pacific train journey that links Adelaide and Perth, the Journey Beyond the Tracks: From Adelaide to Perth garden designed by Max Parker-Smith reflects the spirit of rail adventure and the storytelling rooted in Australia’s landscapes and their drive towards urban greening. A garden structure, echoing the shape and interior of a train carriage, divides the space with one side capturing the wild Western Australian outback and the other representing Adelaide’s green urban vision.
The Boodles Garden
The Boodles Garden designed by Catherine MacDonald celebrates Historic Royal Palaces with a design inspired by four iconic sites, blending architectural elements, symbolic planting, and historic references into a space for reflection and beauty. A flowing rill echoes the Tower of London’s moat, while a central pavilion offers a quiet retreat. Rich planting in purples and reds nods to royal ravens, vines, and palace interiors.
Trussell’s Together Garden
Inspired by the power of togetherness, the Trussell’s Together Garden designed by Rob Hardy & Co is a space for connection and reflection. It captures the journey of support at food banks and tells the story of how we can end hunger in the UK. At the heart of the garden, a water feature offers a quiet space for reflection and connection, whch can be drained to reveal additional seating.
