From 19 to 23 May 2026, the Chelsea Flower Show once again set the tone for tomorrow's garden trends in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London. The event organised by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) unveiled an edition centred on calm and wellbeing. Far from spectacular displays, the award-winning gardens favoured enveloping atmospheres, soft planting palettes, the omnipresence of water and shelter spaces. Health, biodiversity, knowledge transfer and adaptation to climate change were the guiding themes of the 2026 edition. Discover the gardens that impressed judges and public alike this year!
Gold medal and Chelsea Garden of the Year: The CPRE Garden: On the Edge
Overall winner of the 2026 edition, The Campaign to Protect Rural England Garden: 'On the Edge', created by Sarah Eberle, highlights neglected spaces on city fringes that are nonetheless vital for biodiversity. The emerges from planting, her hand touching a pool while her willow hair extends into a dry-stone wall. Around her spreads planting inspired by the British countryside, mixing hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) and holly (Ilex aquifolium). A poetic garden that recalls value of ordinary spaces often threatened by urbanisation.
Gold medal and Best Small Show Garden: Addleshaw Goddard: Flourish in the City
With Addleshaw Goddard: Flourish in the City, Joe and Laura Carey celebrate hidden green oases at heart of London. Inspired by #Humanise movement and capital's status as a "National Park City", this garden combines water features, Portland stone and recycled materials to imagine a more welcoming city. Planting mixes Saxifraga × urbium (London Pride), pines, plantains and mulleins in shades of purple, pink and lemon yellow. A concentrated set of ideas to reintroduce nature into urban landscape.
Silver medal and People's Choice Show Garden: Parkinson's UK - A Garden for Every Parkinson's Journey
Designed by Arit Anderson as place of respite for people with Parkinson's and their loved ones, Parkinson's UK - A Garden for Every Parkinson's Journey won visitors' hearts. A sculptural stream accompanies the route and provides sensory landmarks through movement and sound of water. Tulips, peonies, roses and white foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea 'Alba') mark different sequences of garden, designed around energy, rest and night.
Silver medal and People's Choice Balcony Garden: Alzheimer's Society - Microbes and Minds Garden
Exploring links between gut microbiome and brain health: that is Tina Worboys' challenge with Alzheimer's Society's: Microbes and Minds Garden. Inspired by traditional English orchards, garden is organised around a central apple tree symbolising fermentation of cider vinegar. Forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvatica), Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile), cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) and chives (Allium schoenoprasum) reinforce this gentle, natural atmosphere.
Gold medal and Best Houseplant Display: An Ode To Endurance
Impossible to ignore success of houseplants at Chelsea this year. With An Ode To Endurance, Natalia Drezek and Jinhyun Ahn pay tribute to species that survive in most hostile environments. Staged in discomfort of living room, Brachychiton rupestris, monkey tail cactus (Cleistocactus colademononis), Kalanchoe beharensis, Euphorbia ingens and Aeonium arboreum reveal sculptural beauty of arid-climate plants.
Our team's favourites
Heading to Australia with Journey Beyond the Tracks: From Adelaide to Perth, a small garden by Max Parker-Smith awarded a silver-gilt medal. Inspired by famous Indian Pacific train, it celebrates dramatic landscapes of South and Western Australia through planting of eucalypts, grevilleas, callistemons, hakeas and anigozanthos (kangaroo paws).
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