The Chelsea Flower Show 2024 gardens to see this year: a full list

From plants for gut health to spaces that recreate an autistic person's perspective in the world - what blooms and branches, stalks and sculptures can we expect from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024?

By Evie Delaney

9 April 2024

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There are eight main show gardens at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show, all of which will delight the senses. Including work from both established garden designers and new kids on the knoll, the finest floral and fauna are guaranteed at the world's leading flower show.

The gardens will confront several important and current topics in the world of growing, including the environment (particularly flooding and drought) and urban biodiversity. Wellbeing is also a theme, as well as gut health, with a focus on plants that benefit internal and external microbiomes.

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An exciting new addition is the children's garden: designer by and for children. The pupils of Sulivan Primary School in Fulham have worked with designer Harry Holding to bring their most imaginative and colourful ideas to life.

15 of the gardens on show will be supported by Project Giving Back, an initiative which allows charitable organisations to exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show. This raises the profile and platform of the charities, whilst ensuring the diversity of the show itself. Project Giving Back will support many of the large show gardens as well as some of the Sanctuary and All About Plants gardens. Each of these gardens has a strong focus on ‘legacy’, where the showpieces will become teaching gardens and community areas.

Here is a look at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens that we know about this far.

Tom Stuart-Smith
1/15
The National Garden Scheme Garden
Sponsor: Project Giving Back supporting The National Garden Scheme
Designer: Tom Stuart-Smith
Contractor: Crocus
Maggie's Centres provide much needed solace and aid to patients with cancer and their families. This garden will end up at the new centre at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and features a sprawling woodland.
Tom Massey and Je Ahn
2/15
WaterAid Garden
Sponsor: Project Giving Back supporting WaterAid
Designer: Tom Massey & Je Ahn
Contractor: Landscape Associates
Co-designer Tom Massey won the Silver Gilt medal last year and is back to create the WaterAid garden with fellow designer Je Ahn. The space tackles the extremely pertinent subject of water, drought and the rising temperature of the globe. They will feature sustainable water management systems and an attractive selection of naturally drought-tolerant plants.
Ann-Marie Powell
3/15
The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with The National Trust
Sponsor: Blue Diamond with the National Trust
Designer: Ann-Marie Powell
Contractor: The Landscaping Consultants
This is one of the gardens built on a brownfield site, which is a piece of land previously dominated by humans for commercial or industrial purposes - a disused factory, for example, or a former farmyard. The garden will be made amongst the rubble of the site's former life, in celebration of the wildlife that remains and thrives there.
Matthew Childs
4/15
Terrence Higgins Trust Bridge to 2030 Garden
Sponsor: Project Giving Back supporting The Terrence Higgins Trust
Designer: Matthew Childs
Contractor: Yoreland Design Ltd
The Terrence Higgins Trust aims to end new HIV cases by 2030, an aim which infuses Matthew Childs' design for this 2024 garden.

Miria Harris
5/15
Stroke Association's Garden for Recovery
Sponsor: Project Giving Back supporting Stroke Association
Designer: Miria Harris
Contractor: Landform Consultants
Nature's healing capacity is exemplified in Miria Harris' garden plans. As a stroke survivor herself, Harris wants to create a calming recovery space for those who have suffered from a stroke.
Ula Maria
6/15
Muscular Dystrophy UK - Forest Bathing Garden
Sponsor: Project Giving Back supporting Muscular Dystrophy UK
Designer: Ula Maria
Contractor: Crocus
Inspired by the Japanese practice known as ‘Shinrin-yoku’ or ‘forest bathing’, this garden encourages lounging and soaking in the powers of the forest.
Sophie Parmenter and Dido Milne
7/15
The National Autistic Society Garden
Sponsor: Project Giving Back supporting The National Autistic Society
Designer: Sophie Parmenter and Dido Milne
Contractor: Landform Consultants
Designed by two new names, this meadow garden and woodland strives to create a world as seen through the eyes of a person with autism. Following the show, it will be moved to the National Autistic Society supported living site at Catrine Bank in Scotland.
Robert Myers
8/15
St James's Piccadilly: Imagine the World to be Different
Sponsor: Project Giving Back supporting St James’s Piccadilly
Designer: Robert Myers
Contractor: Stewart Landscape Construction
Robert Myers will not be alone in celebrating the power of plants in cities at Chelsea this year. The garden provides the framework for a newly developed garden in Piccadilly, which will be open to the general public.

Naomi Slade and Ed Barsley
9/15
Flood Re: The Flood Resilient Garden
Sponsor: Flood Re
Designer: Naomi Slade and Ed Barsley
Created to tackle - literally and metaphorically - the issue of flooding. The Flood Resilient Garden will display practical and beautiful solutions to flooding.
Ishihara Kazuyuki
10/15
MOROTO no IE
Sponsor: G.lion
Designer: Kazuyuki Ishihara
Renowned designer Ishihara returns for 2024 with a garden that ‘makes him happy.' With joy at the heart, the space uses (unusually for Chelsea Flower Show) autumnal plants and palettes with pines and mosses.
John Warland and Emma O'Connell
11/15
The Freedom from Torture Garden: A Sanctuary for Survivors
Sponsor: Project Giving Back supporting Freedom From Torture
Designer: John Warland and Emma O’Connell
Contractor: Living Landscapes
Twisted sculptural willow branches guide the viewer through a protective and cocooning environment. The fire pit creates a warm circle for sharing. The garden will eventually be relocated to the Freedom from Torture HQ.
Giulio Giorgi
12/15
World Child Cancer's Nurturing Garden
Sponsor: Project Giving Back supporting World Child Cancer
Designer: Giulio Giorgi
Contractor: Landesigns Landscaping Services
Peaceful, immersive and playful: the purpose of this garden is to provide a ‘sensory haven’ for children undergoing cancer treatment. The sensorial space will ultimately end up in a ‘Home from Home’ of Young Lives vs Cancer.

Catherine MacDonald
13/15
The Boodles National Gallery Garden
Sponsor: Boodles
Designer: Catherine MacDonald
Contractor: Landform Consultants
The National Gallery Garden designed by Catherine MacDonald for Boodles uses paintings from the gallery as the starting point for this imaginative and creatively stimulating garden. Subject to planning, the creators hope to supplant the design in front of the National Gallery in central London.
Helen Olney
14/15
Burma Skincare Initiative Spirit of Partnership Garden
Sponsor: Burma Skincare Initiative with the support of Sanofi, British Dermatological Nursing Group and The No7 Beauty Company
Designer: Helen Olney
Contractor: Conquest Creative Spaces
This verdant garden is inspired by Myanmar, with tropical foliage, a stilt house and a dramatic waterfall.
Baz Grainger
15/15
Killik & Co Money Doesn't Grow on Trees Garden
Sponsor Killik & Co, Allgreen
Designer Baz Grainger
Contractor Landform Consultants
Killik & Co have created an immersive idyl designed for relaxation and zen. Designed by Baz Grainger, the garden uses limestone and oak to create a pathway through the garden. The central water well, steel pergola and wide pathways are created to encourage group conversations, particularly around financial strains and stresses.