The National Garden Scheme Garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith, brought to life by Crocus and funded by Project Giving Back has won an RHS Gold Medal at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.
“It’s a fantastic conclusion to months of planning. Working with the superlative team of Tom Stuart-Smith and Crocus has been hugely rewarding and the support from Project Giving Back has created a garden so worthy of Gold. It’s overwhelming,” says National Garden Scheme CEO, George Plumptre.
The National Garden Scheme is excited about our show garden at the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show this May. Designed by eight times RHS Gold Medal winner, Tom Stuart-Smith, and sponsored by Project Giving Back, the garden will exemplify the joy and associated health and wellbeing benefits of garden visiting that have been at the heart of the National Garden Scheme since 1927. You’ll catch the first glimpse of this sublime garden on our social channels on Sunday 19 May and you can follow the story here too.
Enter the prize draw to be in with a chance of winning something truly special. Featuring an incredible selection of prizes generously donated by our partners and supporters.
The Prize Draw is open until Monday 17 June and all funds raised are in aid of the National Garden Scheme.
Exclusive collection of homeware and textiles designed by Emma Bridgewater in celebration of the National Garden Scheme at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024. Its beautiful honeysuckle design is inspired by the National Garden Scheme Garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith with its beautiful woodland planting. All funds raised are in aid of the National Garden Scheme.
With all our 2024 garden openings now available on-line it’s the perfect time to browse the beautiful portfolio of over 3,500 gardens and to plan your visits in the year ahead. Browse by location or garden name, refine by date, or select filters for dog-friendly and plant sales.
(Photo: Old Bladbean Stud, Kent)
By opening your garden, you’re not only giving people a great day out – you’re also raising money to help those in need. In 2023, garden openings meant we could give over £3.4 million to our beneficiary charities. What’s more, you’ll join a community of thousands of other like minded garden owners, all passionate about great gardens and raising money for great causes.
Over 550 volunteers support the opening of National Garden Scheme gardens each year. From serving teas to promoting the gardens and manning the gate, there are lots of ways to get involved. And, as Naman Chaudhary explains, it couldn’t be more fun.
Each year our Little Yellow Book of Gardens and Health marks Gardens and Health Week and this year we’re celebrating the joy that gardens bring to so many!
From gardens built in healthcare settings and top tips from our garden owners to ponds designed for wildlife and community spaces there’s so much to enjoy.
We are delighted to announce that His Majesty the King will continue as Patron of the National Garden Scheme.
His Majesty was Patron of the National Garden Scheme as The Prince of Wales from 2002 and we are extremely grateful that he will continue in the role as King Charles III.
This record donation represents a superlative achievement by the garden owners and county team volunteers who together worked tirelessly to host open days at 3,389 gardens across the year.
Commenting, National Garden Scheme Chairman Rupert Tyler said: “The contribution of the charities that we support has been increasingly vital. Their reach and impact, in cancer and end of life care, in community health and nursing and in particular areas such as people living with Parkinson’s, is immense and we are proud to be a major long-term supporter of them all.”
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