Over seven hundred gardens. One living archive.

Inspired by the musicality of rainfall, seven aluminium dipping tanks store harvested rainwater at the heart of the garden. Two are interlinked by a narrow rill, allowing water to move softly between them, while droplets...

Visitors can expect an immersive, meadow-inspired space filled with rich textures, artisan features and wildlife-friendly planting, demonstrating how gardens can be both beautiful and ecological.Despite being based on tr...

Patron of the RHS, the King is a passionate and hands-on gardener, who has regenerated the grounds of royal palaces at Highgrove, Windsor and Sandringham. The Royal Legacy Garden will reflect this lifelong love of garden...

The designs aims to create an ecosystem for the declining populations of beneficial insects and wildlife due to the rapid destruction of natural habitats. It is also designed to make full use of rainfall, by directing th...

This garden aims to encourage more people to plant butterfly friendly plants and help with their survival. The garden features a garden room with decking outside. Decking is also used for the paths and a secondary seatin...

Designed with sustainable planting, wildlife and climate change in mind, this perennial border is a visual reminder that nature nurtures all living things.Visitors encounter a highly fragrant and texture-rich space where...

The design responds to the reality that many modern developments offer minimal planting, often leaving homeowners with bare plots defined by fences and surrounding rooftops, completely disconnected from the wider environ...

In 2050, temperatures in East Anglia could be as high as in Barcelona, but garden designers can help to create biodiversity-rich gardens in anticipation of a significantly warmer future.All plant species in this border h...

Built in tribute to the designer's father and cousin, who both died of cancer, Time to heal is an informal interpretation of a physics garden. The space reflects her background as a doctor and features plants with year-r...

The garden imitates extremes of our evolving British climate with both a dry garden and a bog garden, this being the analogy for mental resilience in challenging times. It is a therapeutic garden utilising wildlife attra...

The concept is inspired by the garden at Gainsborough's House and the artist's work. It is a living canvas of Gainsborough's cultural landscape. His paintings have informed the garden's naturalistic, romantic perimeters....

Most people know about climate change and how rising temperatures can affect our gardens. However, few connect climate change to flooding even though one in six homes face flood threats (according to the Environment Agen...

Gardens are more than just ornamental. The plants within them are living systems that can heal through their medicinal properties and inspire hope for a more sustainable world. Rooted in the principles of solution-orient...

Growing with Many Hands is inspired by the valuable work gardeners do to care for our green spaces. In a time of climate change, gardeners are on the ground experiencing changes first hand and are able to adapt to these ...

The garden is comprised of three areas. The planting in the woodland is made up of modern cultivars derived from genera found in the Himalayan region. For the rain garden, water captured from the pergola's roof travels d...

Books hold a special place in our hearts - a quiet magic that ignites our imagination and creates vivid worlds with unforgettable characters. RNIB's free Talking Books service gives thousands of people with sight loss ac...

Inspired by the local landscape and the need for more wetland areas in all UK gardens big and small, we aim to help garden owners make frogs and toads frequent and much-loved visitors. The garden space shows how domestic...

The winding path, without a defined end or fixed destination, symbolises the ongoing and ever changing journey of mental wellbeing. The path includes woven archways, some placed unexpectedly, reflecting moments of uncert...

Capturing the fragile threshold between resilience and erosion, Holding the Line explores planting as living coastal infrastructure. Visitors move from a lush contemporary garden into wind-swept dune grasses and finally...

The garden centres around an oak-framed cabin decorated with recycled wine bottles, collected from those shared with friends and family over many happy years. Surrounding the cabin are favourite flowers from their past,...

As climate unpredictability increases, plant choices become more important and exciting than ever. Based on a study tour the designers undertook in 2024, this raised bed aims to surprise people about what can grow in an...

A celebration of North Norfolk's traditional crafts and heritage, this nature-friendly design takes visitors on a journey from inland wildflower meadows and tangled hedgerows to windswept dunes.The border moves away from...

The long border design is inspired by the east Norfolk coast and surrounding areas, with the key theme of Natural Resilience. A sustainable, ecologically sensitive planting scheme helps to stabilise erosion, enhance biod...

Visitors encounter a calm, immersive space in cool blues, lilacs, silvers and soft golds. Layers of naturalistic planting, gentle grasses and tactile foliage encourage slower looking and quiet participation. Nearby, a re...

The advancements of AI and how it is being employed to benefit research connected to the natural world are explored in this pioneering design. Visitors can immerse themselves in a variety of plants commonly used in moder...

Green social prescribing is the practice of supporting people's mental health through nature-based activities. An increasingly popular approach at Nene Park Trust, the charity's forward-thinking mindset offers the inspir...

The Habitat Garden embraces current environmental and biodiversity challenges through an approach to garden creation that is both beautiful and beneficial. To reduce costs and maintenance needs, the space is planted as a...

As our climate changes, Norfolk's coastline faces new challenges. As its landscape responds and changes, so do the communities that live within it. The border seeks to embrace and celebrate this process by contrasting lo...

Despite the challenging conditions often associated with brownfield lands - from infertile soils and contamination to minimal irrigation and exposure - these sites can evolve into highly biodiverse successional habitats....

Shared Breath highlights the collective reliance of all human beings on a finite, shared resource: oxygen. Its aim is to encourage meaningful conversations around death and end-of-life care and to raise awareness of the...

Inspired by the ancient sheepfolds scattered across the British countryside, Where Grief Grows Quiet is a garden of refuge and reflection. These simple stone enclosures once sheltered flocks and their shepherds, as place...

Drawing on one of the designers' own experience of living with Multiple Sclerosis, this space shows how a safe and tranquil environment can be achieved in a compact setting.An accessible seating area sits within a floral...

Girlypop is our interpretation of the maximalist, hyper-pop aesthetic of late 90s and early 2000s femininity: bright colours, playful excess, kitsch decoration and unapologetic fun.Plants are often framed as calming and...

All that comes in remains is a garden built on Silo's zero-waste philosophy - a closed-loop system where outputs become inputs. The "there is no bin" approach to cooking is translated into soil, planting and materials.Ev...

More than just a route, a canal is a corridor of connection between industrialised towns and waterside habitats. This thriving ecosystem is represented here through a towpath inspired by the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, a...

Celebrating the 5th anniversary of Moulin Rouge! The Musical and the 25th anniversary of Baz Luhrmann's iconic film, make your entrance through the heart-shaped gateway and immerse yourself in a love story waiting to unf...

The ancient Chinese concept of Yin and Yang, characterised by two opposite yet complementary and interconnected forces, inspires this design. Split into two distinct halves, the garden reproduces the Taijitu symbol: one...

The garden is designed as a public space where visitors can understand the importance of CALM's work. Sixteen lives are lost to suicide every day, and each square within the garden represents one of those livesA contempl...

Plantwild: The Pollinators Sanctuary Garden is a low-maintenance border for busy, nature-minded people who want to welcome more wildlife into their space.At its centre, eight sculptural bee towers create a strong visual...

Nowadays, we often associate perfume with bottles of essential oils produced through chemical manufacturing processes. This garden serves as a reminder that scent originates in botany and pays tribute to nature's extraor...

The character and heritage materials found across the picturesque Cotswold region lend the space a timeless feel. Beautifully constructed dry-stone walls, reclaimed stone and a central iron gazebo, forged by local blacks...

Beauty and ecological richness are not opposing forces, but natural partners that can sit side by side without compromise. Inspired by this belief, the designer brings to life a soft, painterly border where ornamental el...

Inspired by heliotropism and the joy that houseplants can bring to people, this terrarium will contain a rich display of interesting and contrasting foliage. Some plants will rotate slowly under grow lights to ensure eve...

A romantic, elegant sculptor's retreat with a soft feminine theme. Showcasing dreamy, limited edition original bronze, rust and stone sculptures, the studio is a perfect nature integrated space for artistic creation, con...

Celebrating the importance of good composting practices, this woodland-edged garden demonstrates how recycled green waste can enhance soil fertility and biodiversity.The designer developed an understanding of how decay s...

This garden celebrates the life of Julia Rausing, a British philanthropist and devoted garden lover whose work supported a wide range of charitable causes across the UK. Julia sadly died in 2024, but in her lifetime she...

This urban gravel garden celebrates the strength and resilience of those living with hidden disabilities and developmental disorders that require balancing day-to-day energy levels.A wheelchair-accessible seating area is...

Imagined as a welcoming, productive and sustainable family-centred space, the setting is inspired by the rhythms of life on a small organic farm. It responds to a recent storyline in which a sewage spill flooded Bridge F...

With butterfly populations declining across the UK, this garden delivers a clear message: the future of these fragile species doesn't require drastic action, but can be achieved through small, thoughtful everyday choices...

The Cubes - a collaboration between Will Young and Jamie ButterworthThese garden spaces explore the Jungian journey from shadow into light. Through three distinct planting atmospheres, the spaces reflect the emotional an...

This ornamental woodland garden features a small group of birch trees, interspersed with lime and stone sculptures and brass details. At first, these elements are intentionally spaced unevenly, reflecting the gaps and in...

The Ruskin Mill Trust - Artisan Woodland Craft Garden celebrates the transformative journey of taking raw materials from nature and shaping them into purposeful objects. This process, described by Ruskin Mill Trust as 'd...

The garden explores the quiet journey of building confidence in a world where many girls and young women face pressure from social media and unrealistic expectations. Designed through the lens of a young woman's experien...

A symbiotic relationship with the land is mutually beneficial for both humans and invertebrates. Rooted in this idea, Electuary emerges as a tranquil, immersive and storybook-like garden that feels at once lived-in and c...

After 15 years in a corporate career, the designer moved from her native South America to the UK and created a new life, pursuing her love for plants full time and opening her own business selling beautiful greenery. Tha...

Rather than recreating Oregon's Willamette Valley literally, the garden captures the elements that define it - fertile soils, flowing water, fruit cultivation and the essential role of pollination. Designed to be viewed...

Having once been practised by basket makers from the woodlands of Wales to Romania, now the techniques of split hazel basketry are known to only a handful of basket makers in the UK. Once an emblematic craft, today it is...

A traditional cricket pavilion façade sits behind a beautifully tended lawn, surrounded by colourful planting. The reference is to the cricket ground at Old Heathfield, a picturesque village in East Sussex where the desi...

Some flowers have microscopic ridges on their petals that scatter light, producing a blue shimmer easily seen by bees. This subtle optical effect, known as the 'blue halo' and discovered by the University of Cambridge. T...

A Garden in Pieces explores the role our private gardens play within a much larger living network.Set within three open metal cubes, the installation presents a series of small garden fragments, each one showing how plan...

Inspired by the designer's passion for wildlife, Urban Planters: A Pocket for Amphibians focuses on protecting amphibian life cycles. It responds to the dramatic loss of freshwater ponds across the UK and offers take-hom...