Chelsea's Tate Britain garden
RHS Chelsea Flower Show (May 19–23) will debut the Tate Britain Garden and feature Carey Garden Design Studio returning for its third year. (factlondon.com) The show will also introduce a 'mini flower farm' and a celebrity‑backed cancer garden championed by Trinny Woodall, Vernon Kay and Davina McCall. (edp24.co.uk) (getsurrey.co.uk)
The Tate Britain Garden at Chelsea was designed by Tom Stuart‑Smith and will be constructed by Crocus as a planted preview of Tate’s forthcoming Clore Garden. (rhs.org.uk) (tate.org.uk) Dame Barbara Hepworth’s limestone Bicentric Form (1949) will be sited in the show garden — the first time a work from the national collection has been exhibited within a garden at Chelsea — and the sculpture is due to join Tate Britain’s Clore Garden after the show. (tate.org.uk) Joe and Laura Carey of Carey Garden Design Studio, a North Norfolk design duo with multiple RHS gold medals to their name, are returning to Chelsea for a third consecutive year with a new show garden commission. (edp24.co.uk) (europesays.com) The show will host its first‑ever mini flower farm in the Great Pavilion, a Flowers from the Farm installation on a roughly 20 x 15 ft plot intended to showcase the range of crops British cut‑flower growers produce in May. (allforgardening.com) (westlondonliving.co.uk) The Lady Garden Foundation’s Silent No More Garden will focus on the five gynaecological cancers, with celebrity host ambassadors Trinny Woodall, Vernon Kay and Davina McCall each scheduled to attend on different days during the show to amplify awareness and conversation. (cornishstuff.com) (prolandscapermagazine.com) (ladygardenfoundation.com) Chelsea’s five‑day event typically draws roughly 168,000 visitors and opens with RHS Members’ Days before public sessions, making it a high‑profile platform for the Tate preview, the mini flower farm and the Lady Garden Foundation campaign. (visitlondon.com) (rhs.org.uk)