Blog: Going back to nature is the message from designers
Gardens with environmental messages and a focus on well-being competed for coveted RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022 medals at its first May event since 2019. The show, sponsored by The Newt, Somerset, runs from May 24-28, and there was a definite trend towards naturalistic planting and connecting with nature. Trees played a major role, fittingly, as the Queen’s Green Canopy campaign really gets into its stride.
Hard landscaping and structures were very prominent – a little too prominent for my tastes – in many of the show gardens. I’m always a fan of the smaller gardens (Sanctuary, Container, Balcony and All About Plants this year). They’re so much more relatable to the vast majority of us.
My favourite gardens overall at the Chelsea Flower Show 2022? This is very early days, and will probably change, but I love The Blue Garden (Balcony Gardens), The RNLI, Hands Off Mangrove show gardens and The Still Garden (Container Gardens).
The best gardens in each category
- Show Garden: A Rewilding Britain Landscape, designed by Lulu Urquhart and Adam Hunt.
- Construction Award (Show Garden): MEDITE SMARTPLY Building the Future, built by Landform Consultants.
- Sanctuary Garden: Out of the Shadows, designed by Kate Gould.
- Construction Award (Sanctuary Garden): Out of the Shadows, built by Kate Gould Gardens.
- Balcony and Container Garden: The Still Garden, designed by Jane Porter.
- All About Plants Garden: The Wilderness Foundation UK Garden, designed by Charlie Hawkes.
BBC/RHS People’s Choice Awards
- Show Garden: The Perennial Garden ‘With Love’, designed by Richard Miers.
- Balcony/Container Garden: Wild Kitchen Garden, designed by Ann Treneman.
- Sanctuary/All About Plants Garden: The Mothers for Mothers Garden – ‘This Too Shall Pass’, designed by Pollyanna Wilkinson.
Chelsea Flower Show 2022 – Show Gardens
This year’s top trends in garden design can be spotted throughout the Show Gardens lining Main Avenue. They contrasted strongly with last year’s autumnal trends. For the Chelsea Flower Show 2022 look, go for lush planting in layered shades of green with pops of colour. Good to see those May Chelsea favourites, irises and foxgloves back!
A Rewilding Britain Garden – GOLD
Designed by Lulu Urquhart and Adam Hunt, built by Landscape Associates, and sponsored by Rewilding Britain and Project Giving Back.
The garden shows a rewilding landscape in South West England, after the reintroduction of the beaver. A brook flows beneath a glade of hawthorn, hazel and field maple to a pool dammed by beavers and their lodge, built around a large willow. An old timber walkway, inspired by the Neolithic Sweet Track from the Somerset Levels, leads across the wetland meadow. Native wildflowers mingle with grasses, while marginal plants throng the water’s edge.
The RNLI Garden – GOLD
Designed by Chris Beardshaw, built by Cultura Group, EGIDOS and James Gray, and sponsored by Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Project Giving Back
A celebration of this multi-faceted charity, which is almost 200 years old. Its design marries Georgian and contemporary styles, reflecting the forward-looking spirit of the RNLI. A classical green oak pavilion with turned columns is spliced by a contemporary, green oak arcade. A Purbeck stone path cuts through deep and luscious borders.
Flowering herbaceous perennials create a pastel palette of whites, blues and pinks. Statement trees, including Ulmus parvifolia (Chinese elm) and Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine) hint at traditional lifeboat-building materials.
MEDITE SMARTPLY Building the Future – GOLD
Designed by Sarah Eberle, built by Landform Consultants, and sponsored by MEDITE SMARTPLY.
This edge-of-forest garden is inspired by natural vertical rock strata with a waterfall cascading over the timber feature building to a pool below. Damp-loving, rare and wild species star, with many of the trees native to Ireland, where MEDITE SMARTPLY source the timber for their products.
Morris & Co. – GOLD
Designed by Ruth Willmott, built by Garden Builders, and sponsored by Morris & Co.
William Morris’s nature-influenced designs in turn influenced this garden. Trellis (1862) inspires the layout and pathways and Willow Boughs (1887) is reflected in the pavilion and water channels. Plants from his designs appear alongside cultivars of cottage garden favourites. The planting reflects his love of colour – earthy reds, apricots and blues. The garden will form the basis of several new community gardens in Islington in collaboration with the Arc Centre Gardening Collective.
The Meta Garden: Growing the Future – GOLD
Designed by Joe Perkins, built by The Landscaping Consultants, and sponsored by Meta.
The garden is designed to showcase the connection between plants and fungi within woodland ecosystems. It highlights the versatility of timber and the critical role of nature-based solutions in tackling climate change. Featuring a complex pavilion structure, the garden is intended to be an immersive experience. The garden makes use of a naturalistic, future-proofed planting palette. It will be relocated to The National Forest, as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy campaign.
The Mind Garden – GOLD
Designed by Andy Sturgeon, built by Crocus, and sponsored by Mind and Project Giving Back.
This garden inspires us to connect with each other for our mental health. Sculptural walls swirl through the sloping garden, enclosing calm seating areas, framing views and creating backdrops to planting. Then the pattern becomes more turbulent with walls coming together to form narrow passages.
The clay-rendered walls bring people up close to nature as part of a biophilic design ethos. Benches carved from wind-blown oak provide places for contemplation. Water pours from ceramic spouts into tranquil pools. The garden is set among open woodland with colourful meadow planting at the woodland edge. After the show, it will be donated to a local Mind that provides eco-therapy for people with mental health problems.
Hands Off Mangrove by Grow2Know – SILVER-GILT
Designed by Tayshan Hayden-Smith and Danny Clarke, built by The Landscaping Consultants, and sponsored by Grow2Know CiC and Project Giving Back.
This garden unites two prominent issues – global deforestation and social injustice. A deforested mangrove sculpture at the centre acts as a stark reminder of the impact we are having on our planet’s ecosystems. It is inspired by the Mangrove Nine activists, who were tried and acquitted of inciting a riot in 1970.
Pollinator-friendly, edible, ornamental and architectural plants suited to inner-city landscapes have been selected. The garden will be donated to a permanent site after the show. Through the centre runs an upcycled crushed concrete path representative of the challenges and threats of racism, poverty and violence in 1960s/70s London.
The New Blue Peter Garden – Discover Soil – SILVER-GILT
Designed by Juliet Sargeant, built by Gardenlink, sponsored by Project Giving Back, inspired by Blue Peter.
In the BBC centenary year, Blue Peter is getting a new garden, all about discovering soil. The message is, ‘Don’t treat soil like dirt!’ We are losing soil, and composting is one easy thing we can do to help our soil at home. Alongside citizen art projects created by the people of Salford, listen to the sounds of a compost heap. In a subterranean observation chamber, watch what happens below ground. The garden has vibrant blue and orange planting to reflect Blue Peter’s colours. After the show, it will move to a permanent home at RHS Garden Bridgewater.
Alder Hey Urban Foraging Station – SILVER-GILT
Designed by Howard Miller and Hugh Miller, built by H Miller Bros, and sponsored by Alder Hey Children’s Charity and Project Giving Back.
The garden is about weaving together young and old, green and urban, play and learning, and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital with its community. Visitors first encounter the garden through glimpses through blossoming hedgerows. Woven forms associated with foraging appear in precast concrete ‘strands’. The garden features planting inspired by hedgerows, orchards, meadows, edible herbs and bog/ditch habitats.
The Perennial Garden ‘With Love’ – SILVER
Designed by Richard Miers, built by Stewart Landscape Construction, and sponsored by Perennial – Helping People in Horticulture.
This garden is inspired by, and highlights, growers, designers, gardeners, landscapers and ground staff who Perennial offers support and security. The classical contemporary design combines hornbeam hedging, eight flat-topped hawthorn trees and a central rill. Four multi-stem Parrotia persica trees contrast with clipped domes of Taxus baccata (yew) and Prunus lusitanica (Portuguese laurel). The green palette is softened with soft white and plum at ground level.
The RAF Benevolent Fund Garden – SILVER
Designed by John Everiss, planting design by Rossana Porta, built by Peter Gregory Landscapes and George Everiss Design, and sponsored by Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund and Project Giving Back.
The sculpture of a young pilot looks nervously up at the sky, surrounded by a stone spiral wall. Enclosed within, a curved larch seat allows the visitor to sit, look up and imagine the view the pilot would have seen. Rusted steel panels emerge from the ground, the remains of conflict being covered by beautiful planting. The RAF Benevolent Fund’s garden celebrates the help and protection the charity has continued to provide from the First World War to the present day.
The St Mungo’s Putting Down Roots Garden – SILVER
Designed by Cityscapes (Darryl Moore and Adolfo Harrison), built by Gardenlink, and sponsored by St Mungo’s homelessness charity and Project Giving Back.
This urban pocket park embodies the ethos of St Mungo’s Putting Down Roots programme, which helps people recovering from homelessness rebuild their lives through gardening. Located in a shady spot, the planting focuses on green textural foliage with floral accents of colour, creating a sense of tranquillity. This contrasts with the vibrant colours woven throughout the hard landscaping. Large planters provide height and enclosure, creating an immersive and safe experience.
The Brewin Dolphin Garden – SILVER
Designed by Paul Hervey-Brookes, built by Big Fish Landscapes, and sponsored by Brewin Dolphin.
The garden illustrates how brownfield land can be rehabilitated, reflecting the challenges of inheriting poor soil conditions. The planting is based upon a mix of native pioneer species alongside endemic plants. Low-maintenance shrubs and perennials add nectar banks and habitat potential and improve air quality.
Chelsea Flower Show 2022 – Feature Garden
BBC Studios Our Green Planet and RHS Bee Garden (NOT JUDGED)
Designed by Joe Swift and built by Landform Consultants.
BBC Earth and the RHS aim to help and inspire people to grow bee-friendly plants and help our precious pollinators. If any garden sums up the Chelsea Flower Show 2022, this is it. The garden highlights that solitary and other rare bees need our help urgently. The silhouette of a bee’s wing is central to the design. It is full of nectar- and pollen-rich plants, many of which feature on the RHS Plants for Pollinators list.
Chelsea Flower Show 2022 – Sanctuary Gardens
Out of the Shadows – GOLD
Designed by Kate Gould, built and sponsored by Kate Gould Gardens.
A contemporary spa garden using hardy tropical planting to create a private, calm space. There’s a swim spa, climbing bars, a yoga and meditation space, along with seating and relaxation areas. The planting has a strong evergreen backbone with interesting leaf forms all year round.
The Boodles Travel Garden – GOLD
Designed by Thomas Hoblyn, built by The Garden Builders, and sponsored by Boodles.
In 1962, Anthony Wainwright, grandfather of the chairman of Boodles, travelled around the world in just 16 days. The garden celebrates with planting drawn from around the world, offering a calm sanctuary to rest and reflect on the journey. Plants include potted Cyathea cooperii from India, Cornus controversa from East Asia and Acer davidii from China.
A Garden Sanctuary by Hamptons – GOLD
Designed by Tony Woods, built by Garden Club London, and sponsored by Hamptons and Koto Design.
A carbon-neutral garden cabin sits under a canopy of pine and birch trees, with water gently trickling by. The charred timber exterior (shou-sugi-ban) draws from Japanese design. Planting includes Fagus sylvatica hedging, Betula nigra, Pinus sylvestris, phlox and Syringa to provide clouds of scent.
The Place2Be Securing Tomorrow Garden – GOLD
Designed by Jamie Butterworth, built by Form Plants, with On The Ground Ltd, and sponsored by Sarasin & Partners and Place2Be.
This safe space for children and adults to relax and talk was developed with pupils from Viking Primary School in west London, where it will be relocated after the show. Trees provide structure, with shrub and herbaceous planting adding texture, interest and pops of colour.
- Connected, by EXANTE
- The Body Shop Garden
- Kingston Maurward The Space Within Garden
- The Plantman’s Ice Garden
Connected, by EXANTE – SILVER-GILT
Designed by Taina Suonio, built by Nicholsons, and sponsored by Exante (Xnt) Ltd.
This calm woodland sanctuary features a natural, larger-than-life oak tree stump, surrounded by layered European woodland with limited colours. An oak silhouette window on the front provides natural light and a view of a water feature. After the show, the garden will be relocated to the University College London Hospital.
Kingston Maurward The Space Within Garden – SILVER-GILT
Designed by Michelle Brown, and sponsored by Kingston Maurward College and The Gardens Group, Holme for Gardens and Goulds Garden Centre.
A contemporary arch provides the entrance to a secret jungle of foliage planting inspired by the sub-tropical gardens of the Mediterranean. Elevated pathways lead to a daybed platform, totally immersed in plants. The boundaries use fallen trees and waste timber to create wildlife habitats.
The Plantman’s Ice Garden – SILVER-GILT
Designed by John Warland, built by The Plantman & Co, and sponsored by The Plantman & Co.
Since 1994, 28 trillion tonnes of ice have disappeared from the surface of the planet. As the ice and permafrost melt, the carbon bank of decomposed organic matter escapes. The central monolithic ice cube is a reminder of the climate perils facing our planet.
The Body Shop Garden – SILVER-GILT
Designed by Jennifer Hirsch, built by Howard Day, and sponsored by The Body Shop.
A conceptual garden tells a story of environmental and societal regeneration, from a state of burnout to well-being. Corten steel arches in various states of char divide three segments of planting from charcoaled, diminished forest floor to a verdant, diverse explosion of plant life.
The SSAFA Garden, sponsored by CCLA – SILVER
Designed by Amanda Waring, built by Arun Landscapes, and sponsored by CCLA.
This quiet, secluded area provides a place for calm and respite. The timber walls and hedging create an area of security, while the gentle sound of the infinity water feature and movement of the layered planting restore and lift the spirit. After the event, the garden will be moved to Norton House, SSAFA’s Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre.
The Stitchers’ Garden – SILVER
Designed by Frederic Whyte, built by Champain Landscapes and Brampton Willows, and sponsored by
Fine Cell Work.
The garden celebrates Fine Cell Work, a charity teaching prisoners needlework. Visitors see into the garden through a ‘cell’ made of steel, with woven willow panels. A pool with fountain jets sits in a herbaceous parterre, filled with pale yellow, soft pink and cream planting.
A Swiss Sanctuary – BRONZE
Designed by Lilly Gomm, built by Collinson’s Landscaping, sponsored by Switzerland Tourism and participating partners Ticino Region, Lake Geneva Region and Bern Region.
Inspired by travels to Switzerland, the garden celebrates the variation the diverse climate brings, mixing alpine and Mediterranean planting. Within an urban garden, large stones represent mountains, with water falling into a mini ‘lake’. An iron bench represents the train tracks synonymous with sustainable travel within Switzerland.
Circle of Life – NO AWARD
Designed by Yoshihiro Tamura, built by Cube 1994 Garden Design and Landscaping.
Designed as a sanctuary away from the digital world, this garden seeks to represent the cycle of life. A Japanese wooden water wheel symbolises the passing of time. Repurposed wood creates the pergola roof and the ‘stone’ walls. The planting incorporates herbs, wild grasses and vegetables. Each colour represents emotions – green for healing, red for passion, yellow for warmth, white for purity and black for troubles and worries.
Chelsea Flower Show 2022 – All About Plants Gardens
The Core Arts Front Garden Revolution – GOLD
Designed by Andy Smith-Williams, built by Conquest Creative Spaces, and sponsored by Core Arts and Project Giving Back.
Two urban households have removed the boundary between their front gardens to make one open space for gardening, socialising, well-being and the environment. The planting is a mix of native hedging, flowering fruit trees, perennials, evergreen grasses and wildflowers in tones of silver, blue and white.
The Wilderness Foundation UK Garden – GOLD
Designed by Charlie Hawkes, built by PW Ltd, and sponsored by Wilderness Foundation UK and Project Giving Back.
Inspired by plant communities in Japanese forests, a sense of immersion is heightened by lifting the planting and intersecting a path through it. The charred timber walkway enables visitors to see the mainly green understorey. Two lichen-covered boulders protrude from the vegetation and into the path at the garden’s centre.
A Textile Garden for Fashion Revolution – SILVER-GILT
Designed by Lottie Delamain, built by Gardenlink, and sponsored by Fashion Revolution and Project Giving Back.
The garden inspires visitors to rethink the link between what we can grow and what we wear. Planting in distinct blocks of colour creates the impression of a woven fabric. Shallow reflective pools represent dye baths, with fabric or fibres soaking in natural dyes.
The Mothers for Mothers Garden – ‘This Too Shall Pass’ – SILVER
Designed by Pollyanna Wilkinson, built by Landcraft, and sponsored by Mothers for Mothers and Project Giving Back.
This mantra passes between mothers raising young children and the mental health challenges that can come with it. This garden represents a place of transition, from despair to hope. A cloister of bronze-toned walls and archways represents how long days at home with a baby can feel like either a sanctuary or a cage. Planting starts as a restrained, muted palette, giving way to a joyful, feminine celebration of colour.
Balcony Gardens
The Cirrus Garden – SILVER-GILT
Designed by Jason Williams and built by Big Fish Landscapes.
This garden focuses on increasing biodiversity in urban areas and providing a tranquil setting for mental health. It features wildflowers, perennials, herbs, a seating area, a vegetable garden and a fish pond. It is inspired by the designer’s experience of living with an 18th-floor balcony garden known as The Cloud Garden.
The Potting Balcony Garden, sponsored by Viking – SILVER-GILT
Designed by William Murray, built by Big Fish Landscapes and It Will Grow, and sponsored by Viking.
This balcony offers a practical place to garden using smart garden technology to nurture micro-greens and seedlings. Making the most of the small space, this functional design also offers a place to relax among the greenery and enjoy the view.
The Blue Garden – SILVER
Designed by Tom Wilkes-Rios and built by Big Fish Landscapes.
Celebrating the joys of being alone in a small garden. The planting wraps entirely around the balcony, evoking the feeling of being surrounded by nature. The vibrant block colours and planting are uplifting, reminding us of warmer climates.
Jay Day – BRONZE
Designed by Flock Party (Alison Orellana Malouf, Su-Yeon Angela Choi), built by Big Fish Landscapes, and sponsored by Swarovski Optik.
This reimagined urban jay habitat encourages visitors to include plants in their bird-feeding. The Eurasian jay uses hypnum moss for nut caching. To encourage it, the substrate of the balcony is a carpet of green moss overlaid with a metal grate. Vertically, ‘hatch’ latticework frames the view.
Chelsea Flower Show 2022 – Container Gardens
The Still Garden – GOLD
Designed by Jane Porter, built by Big Fish Landscapes, sub-contractors Stone Inspired and Alec Stevens, and sponsored by Qualis Taxation Services.
The Still Garden is inspired by Scotland and the plants of the Highlands and Islands. Reclaimed whisky casks make planters packed with bold foliage textures and soft mounds. Frothy spray-like forms hang like mist or seafoam in a palette of greens, whites and pinks. The pond is a repurposed copper gin distilling pot. Slate from a disused quarry set vertically mimics the sea walls of the Western Isles.
Wild Kitchen Garden – SILVER-GILT
Designed by Ann Treneman and built by Big Fish Landscapes.
The Wild Kitchen Garden brings wild edible plants and trees into a small urban setting. The planters are made of galvanised metal. A sink and prep area against the back wall makes harvesting easy. The garden, inspired in part by the late Roger Phillips, is full of edible surprises.
The Enchanted Rain Garden – SILVER-GILT
Designed by Bea Tann, built by Big Fish Landscapes, and sponsored by The University of Sheffield Landscape Department.
Inspired by a rainy garden in Manchester, this garden thrives in wet conditions, influenced by UK forests. It features deep green planting with waxy textures that glisten when wet, as well as ferns. Rough stone reclaimed planters create an ideal surface on which to grow moss.
Mandala, Meditation and Mindfulness Garden – SILVER
Designed by Nikki Hollier and built by Big Fish Landscapes.
This is a haven to spend time sitting and meditating, listening to the tranquil water and birds singing. A key element is the water feature against the backdrop of a muted violet wall with a mandala, surrounded by eucalyptus trees, white flowers and herbs to pick and make tea.
A Mediterranean Reflection – SILVER
Designed by Tanya K Wilson and Johanna Norlin, built by Landform Consultants Ltd, and sponsored by
Studio Marekko, Bonick Landscaping, John Cullen Lighting, Lantoom Quarry, Myland Couture, Torc Pots and Traditional Stone Services.
Inspired by the Mallorcan landscape, a hand-rendered stone-effect wall and fabric screens reflect interesting shadows from plants, especially when lit at night. A reclaimed timber and granite boulder bench with textured planters set off a reflective, granite-carved pool. Drought-tolerant succulents, perennials and ornamental grasses are soft and textural.
The Great Pavilion
This is the place to find the sights and scents of late spring. See the world’s top growers and nurseries with impressive displays and expert advice.
New to Chelsea – Home Farm Plants, Kitchen Garden Plant Centre, Baugaarden Living Art, Moore & Moore Plants and Alchemy Plants.
Top Great Pavilion Awards
- The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Award (Best Exhibit in the Great Pavilion): Brighter Blooms – A display of container-grown Zantedeschia (Calla).
- RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2022 × Semponium Destiny, Surreal Succulents.
- RHS Chelsea Sustainable Garden Product of the Year 2022: Dobbies’ John Innes 1, 2 & 3 composts.
- Best Discovery Exhibit: Plant Heritage – What’s your plant passion?
Gold medal winners
- Animal & Plant Health Agency.
- Ashcroft’s Perennials and Ornamental Grasses.
- Binny Plants – Hardy perennials and peonies.
- Birmingham City Council.
- Blackmore & Langdon Ltd – Delphiniums and Begonias.
- Bloms Bulbs.
- Brighter Blooms – Zantedeschia (Calla).
- British Iris Society.
- Burncoose Nurseries – Ericaceous trees and shrubs.
- Craig House Cacti.
- Dalefoot Composts and The Eden Project.
- David Austin Roses Ltd – Fragrant English Roses.
- David Cheshire Nurseries Ltd – Japanese garden plants.
- Derbyshire Bonsai.
- Dibleys Nurseries – Streptocarpus, begonias and houseplants.
- Eric Young Orchid Foundation.
- Every Picture Tells a Story Ltd – Bromeliads.
- Federation of British Bonsai Societies.
- Harts Nursery – Lilies.
- Home Farm Plants – Elatum delphiniums.
- Hoyland Plant Centre – Educational display of Agapanthus, Amarines and Nerine.
- Hoyland Plant Centre – Educational display of Clivia.
- Jacques Amand International Ltd – Bulbous plants, flowers and woodland plants.
- Kelnan Plants – Restios and South African plants.
- Kevock Garden Plants – Alpine meadow with rocky outcrops and Meconopsis.
- Moore & Moore Plants – Shade-tolerant and woodland plants.
- National Chrysanthemum Society – Japanese Garden.
- New Forest Hostas & Hemerocallis – Hostas within an oriental teahouse-style garden.
- Norfield Nurseries Ltd – Acers/Japanese maples.
- Orchid Society of Great Britain – Orchids in a naturalistic setting.
- Ottershaw Cacti – Cacti and succulents.
- Parigo Alstromeria – Alstroemeria.
- Peter Beales Roses – Old-fashioned and contemporary roses.
- Pheasant Acre Plants – Gladioli.
- Plant Heritage – What’s your plant passion?
- Plantagogo – Heuchera, Heucherella and Tiarella.
- Raymond Evison Clematis – Clematis.
- Roualeyn Fuchsias – Fuchsias.
- Sienna Hosta – British hostas.
- Stonebarn Landscapes Ltd and Marshalls – Food for thought.
- Surreal Succulents – Succulents.
- Taylor Bulbs – Daffodils.
- The Botanic Nursery – Intersectional peonies.
- W.S. Warmenhoven – Alliums and Hippeastrum.
- Wack’s Wicked Plants – Hardy Sarracenia.
Chelsea Flower Show 2022 – Silver-gilt winners
- Alchemy Ferns – Hardy Ferns and Tree Ferns.
- Barbados Horticultural Society – Come relax in Barbados, featuring tropical cut flowers and accessories.
- Baugaarden Living Art – Trees and sculptures made of living willow.
- Bowdens Nursery Ltd – Hosta, ferns and tree ferns.
- Calamazag Nursery – Dianthus.
- Chrysanthemums Direct – Cut flower blooms and spray Chrysanthemums.
- GrowTropicals – Rare and unusual tropical terrarium displays.
- Hare Spring Cottage Plants – Seasonal hardy perennials including Camassia.
- Hippopottering Nursery – Japanese maples, peat-free and organic.
- Hogarth Hostas – National Collection of small and miniature Hosta.
- Kitchen Garden Plant Centre – An edible garden for all aspects.
- Letham Plants – Astrantia, sustainably grown in Scotland.
- London Fire Brigade – Act on flooding.
- Middleton Nurseries – New and unusual salvias.
- Sparsholt College Hampshire – Home from home.
- Staddon Farm Nurseries – Plants from the national collections of Primula sieboldii and Epimedium in a woodland setting.
- Tynings Climbers – Hardy and tender climbers for flowers and foliage.
Silver medal winners
- Bees For Development – Hives for lives, making life better with bees.
- Bumblebee Conservation Trust – Bee kind: creating space for bumblebees.
- Forest Carbon – Turning carbon into new woods and restored peat.
- Harkness Roses – Full range of rose varieties and types.
- OmVed Gardens – Saving seed.
- Primrose Hall Peonies – The Enchanting Peony.
- Val Christman – A Tribute to Peter Seabrook.
Bronze medal winners
- Celeste Mueth, Grow your garden.
- The Blue Tangerine Federation, Plant magic.
Chelsea Flower Show 2022 – Houseplant Studios
- Best Houseplant Studio: Planet Studio – Designed by Malvern Garden Buildings Ltd.
After a popular debut last year, the Houseplant Studios returns to Ranelagh Gardens. Stylists dress each studio to represent a room.
Get houseplant help and inspiration from The Plant Clinic, The Planted House, The Edible Bus Stop, Malvern Garden Buildings and The Plant Workshop.
Gold medal winners
- Happy Houseplants x The Plant Rescuer – The Plant Clinic.
- Malvern Garden Buildings Ltd – Planet Studio.
- The Planted House – A Room To Dance.
- The Plant Workshop – The Grass is Greener Where You Water It.
Silver-gilt medal winners
- Close Brothers Asset Management with The Edible Bus Stop – Botanical Rhapsody.
- The Aroid Attic – Social Media vs Reality.
Chelsea Flower Show 2022 – Floristry and Floral Design Awards
- Best Floral Window: Jane Belcher – Pollination – The Taste of Nature.
- Best Floral Installation: Dmitry Turcan – Tablescape – Whispering Hearts.
Floral Window
- Gold: Jane Belcher.
- Silver-Gilt: Flowery Potters.
- Silver: Branch-out and Rakesprogress Magazine.
- Bronze: Hanaikebito and Stacey Josephine.
Installations
- Gold: Dmitry Turcan.
- Silver-Gilt: Helen James Flowers; JL Floral Design; Norris Floristry Ltd, and Stephen McDonnell.
- Silver: Acacia Creative Studio, Mary Jane Vaughan Designs and Tracy Rowbottom Design.
