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 [RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024](https://gardensdb.com/shows/rhs-chelsea-flower-show-2024) - Show Garden

The National Autistic Society Garden
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 Large Show Garden

 Designed by Sophie Parmenter and Dido Milne, The National Autistic Society Garden seeks to capture an autistic person’s everyday experience of the world, using walls of cork to create a series of spaces dedicated to different types of social interaction - at work, with friends and family, with partners, and with ourselves. It highlights a strategy called ‘masking’ – a potentially draining process involving consciously or unconsciously hiding autistic characteristics in order to fit in. The cork ‘masks’ encircle a central sanctuary with a mesmeric kinetic sculpture, alluding to the inner mind’s complexity and beauty.

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 [RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024](https://gardensdb.com/shows/rhs-chelsea-flower-show-2024)

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 Silver Gilt Medal

 RHS

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Designers

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Sophie Parmenter

Designer

 Sophie Parmenter Studio (Founder)

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Dido Milne

Designer

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Design Studio

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Sophie Parmenter Studio

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Project Giving Back

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Additional Sponsors

 [The National Autistic Society](https://www.autism.org.uk/)

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