Designed by Tom Stuart-Smith, brought to life by Crocus, and fully funded by Project Giving Back we are delighted to share the story of our show garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show ahead of its opening on 21 May.
Every garden needs a shed, but not many will have one as considered and well-crafted as the one being prepared for The National Garden Scheme Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year. Designed by architect Ben Stuart-Smith, son of garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith, the shed is being put together by furniture maker and woodworker Fenton Scott-Fielder and his team in Bristol.
2024 is a special year for the National Garden Scheme as we showcase the charity with our very special show garden at RHS Chelsea. Designed by Tom Stuart-Smith and fully funded by Project Giving Back it shines a global spotlight on our work and the wonderful gardens we open each year. If you can’t make it to Chelsea why not explore the inspirational gardens that open for us this summer – many with a Chelsea connection.
A new perspective of Tom Stuart-Smith’s design for The National Garden Scheme Garden at RHS Chelsea bringing the garden to life in full colour has been released.
National Garden Scheme garden owners are supplying plants for our RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden in 2024, exemplifying the spirit of generosity synonymous with the charity.
Read more about the varieties and why our garden owners are delighted to be part of this exciting project.
Tom Stuart-Smith is a landscape architect whose work combines naturalism with modernity and built forms with romantic planting. He has designed eight award winning gardens for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, all of which were presented with gold medals and three ‘Best in Show’.
Tom has opened his garden at The Barn, alongside his sister’s garden at Serge Hill for the National Garden Scheme since 1993.
Join us at Chilworth Manor, Surrey for our very special National Garden Scheme, Chelsea Plant Sale. On sale will be a wide selection of perennials hand-picked by garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith and Peter Clay, co-founder of the renowned online nursery Crocus for our show garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
In keeping with an increased emphasis on sustainability, The National Garden Scheme Garden for RHS Chelsea will feature a number of recycled and repurposed items. Some, like the old tools that will be on display, were destined for the local tip before being rescued by the Hertfordshire based Sunnyside Rural Trust.
After RHS Chelsea, The National Garden Scheme Garden will be relocated to form part of a new garden for Maggie’s at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.
In this video Maggie’s Chief Executive, Dame Laura Lee talks about why gardens are so important to their centres and the impact they have on people with cancer.
Discover the inspiration behind the design, the planting ideas and the final destination for our fabulous RHS Chelsea show garden in the initial proposal presented by Tom Stuart-Smith to Project Giving Back.
In 2024, Crocus will be the main partner supplying plants and build services for The National Garden Scheme Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show designed by Tom Stuart-Smith.
Crocus has a long history of working with the country’s leading Garden Designers to grow the plants and build the Show Gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Over the last twenty years, Crocus has grown and built 36 Show Gardens, won 33 Gold Medals and received 12 Best in Shows.
Project Giving Back gives charitable organisations in the UK the chance to exhibit a fully funded show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, to promote their cause while supporting the horticultural industry.
In 2024, the National Garden Scheme will be working with landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith and Crocus to create a show garden that will live on after the show to form part of the new Maggie’s cancer centre in Cambridgeshire.
The National Garden Scheme is thrilled to announce that we will have a show garden at the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show next May. Designed by eight times RHS gold medal winner, Tom Stuart-Smith, and sponsored by Project Giving Back, the garden will exemplify the joy and associated health and wellbeing benefits of garden visiting that have been at the heart of the National Garden Scheme since 1927.
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