World's Finest Horticultural Spectacle in 2025: A Must-See List of Ten Unmissable Highlights at the Chelsea Flower Show, Reputed as the Top Gardening Event Globally
Gear up, as our platform is heading to the 2025 Chelsea Flower Show, bringing you a week of coverage on the amazing event! Visit stand PW210, where you can check out our 'outdoor drawing room', designed by Isabella Worsley.
Monday through our website, Instagram, and all social channels, we'll be sharing snaps of the show, our platform's stand included, and ‘Chelsea in bloom’, the local celebration where residents get in on the flowery fun.
On Tuesday, find out who scored gold at the show, and we’ll give you the inside scoop on the most mesmerizing blooms, bizarre furniture, famous faces, and all sorts of other must-see sights. Wednesday's coverage brings our platform's Chelsea Flower Show awards (and yes, they're a tad unconventional). Also, stay tuned for Tiffany Daneff's report from the Great Pavilion.
The rest of the week sees more stories of the show unfold, including a peek behind the scenes of how the exhibitors manage to time their flowers to perfection. And after it's all said and done, we’ll show you what happens to the vibrant gardens post-show.
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Without further ado, here are some truly striking gardens that you won't want to miss:
The Salt-Washed Coast: The Portraits of the British Seashore
Glimpse Scotland, both east and west, right in London! Coastal-themed gardens are as elusive as sextuplet mermaids, but in 2025, they've turned up in twosomes, and they're frigging fantastic!
Hospitalfield Arts Garden
Get ready for stylized sand dunes reminiscent of Arbroath's seascape. You'll find art studios partially hidden among twists and turns of Scots pines, contorted junipers, and multi-stemmed Arbutus unedo. Drifts of familiar coastal plants, including pink tamarisk, sea thrift, and blue-grey dune grasses and exotic anchors like honey spurge Euphorbia mellifera and Geranium palmatum, make this a beach dream come true.
Seawilding Garden
Sink your toes in the mud and witness life as it was meant to be at the Seawilding Garden. It embraces the spirit of the west coast of Scotland, with a saltwater pool and its native inhabitants like oysters! Peep into the pool's watery wonderland for an up-close view of underwater plants returning home after the show.
The Freedom to Flourish Garden
Inspired by coastal tides, this garden goes beyond the norm. A temporary island oasis appears amid the turbulent waves, surrounding dunes within gabion walls of flint boulders. Marvel at magenta sea thrift, pastel poppies, blue-violet baptisia, purple phacelia, apricot evening primroses, and large, rose-pink daisies of Erigeron glaucus 'Sea Breeze'. It's an unmissable crowd-pleaser!
Halt! Who are These Gardens Before You? They're Not On Zillow
Water takes center stage in the Raindance Garden, showcasing the ultimate love letter to 25 years of Boodles' Raindance collection. It's all about navigating round, smooth paving stones, stepping past circular ponds, and getting lost in herbaceous flowers amid wooden double birch trees and maple trees.
The pavilion's fluted roof captures rainwater—delivering a continuous freshwater cascade into a rill that flows around the structure. If this doesn't get your gardening juices flowing, I don't know what will!
Volcanic Dreamscapes: Where Land Meets Sea
Step into the King's Trust Garden, and you'll feel like you're in Dante's Inferno. Better yet, imagine voyaging through the Mediterranean, where lava rocks and red clay meet the horizon. The garden focuses on pioneer plants that establish themselves amid the harshness of volcanic soil.
Fill your lungs with the aroma of Mexican tulip poppies, mountain hemlocks, euphorbias, and the delicate storksbill, all set against vibrant, stained glass panels. You'll want to add this garden to your bucket list.
A Metal Haven, or A Garden Iced with Glass?
Tucked in a nook, you'll find a new experience called the Glasshouse Garden. Honey-hued riverbirches create dappled shade that'll make you feel like you're strolling through an enchanted forest. Winding paths lead to lovely beds brimming with roses in rich reds and pinks, including old-time favorites and English roses from David Austin.
The Zen Garden Where Sunlight Meets Tree Tops
Find your inner peace at the Hamptons Komorebi Garden, where you can sprawl out on a daybed and contemplate the ever-changing patterns of sunlight as it filters through birch trees.
A Tribute to the Forest: The Wildlife Trusts' British Rain Forest Garden
Descend into the heart of a lush, wet forest with bluebells, mossy logs, and silver birches. Evoking the spirit of western coasts, it's a walk through the lonely sea and sky that's sure to inspire a longing for nature.
Let's be real, It's All About the Flowers—Bizarrely Shaped, Stinky, or Life-Sized
Among the floral wonderland of the show, don't miss the Newt in Somerset's genuine Karoo Succulent Garden, featuring indigenous South African succulent species. Or marvel at the RHS Chelsea Florist of the Year competition, where competitors will depict the moon, the Northern Lights, British rivers, a calm forest, and the laborious work of the silkworm.
On Monday, our platform will share photos of the Chelsea Flower Show, including snaps of our 'outdoor drawing room', designed by Isabella Worsley, and the locally celebrated 'Chelsea in bloom'. In the 'Home-and-Garden' section of our newsletter, we'll also highlight some of the most unique gardens, such as the 'Seawilding Garden' and 'The Freedom to Flourish Garden', which showcase coastal themes and vibrant plant life.
