As RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 draws closer, the gardens within the All About Plants category have been announced alongside the balcony and container gardens.

All About Plants

Plant Heritage: The Missing Collector Garden

Its first-ever Chelsea garden, Plant Heritage places plant conservation at its centre with a garden designed by Kate Campbell, Sally-Anne Rees and William Murray.

Plant Heritage: The Missing Collector Garden is inspired by museum display cases with stone drawers and stone pillars.

Cleary Gottlieb: Time for Creativity

Designed by Christina Cobb, the Cleary Gottlieb: Time for Creativity garden aims to encourage people to reduce their screen time and make time for neglected hobbies.

The Bat Conservation Trust’s Nocturnal Garden

Demonstrating how easy it is to grow plants that support bats by feeding their prey, The Bat Conservation Trust’s Nocturnal Garden intends to remind visitors to enjoy gardens during the day, bats and their prey can benefit from plant choices.

Woodland Trust: Forgotten Forests Garden

Designed by a Pro Landscaper 30 Under 30: The Next Generation award winner, Ashleigh Aylett, the Woodland Trust: Forgotten Forests Garden celebrates the work of the Woodland Trust. Visitors can expect a journey through the transformation of a damaged ancient woodland from a uniform forest into a vibrant habitat.

YoungMinds Garden

In celebration of global botany, the YoungMinds garden designed by Charlie Chase aims to inspire young people and offer a restorative, purposeful community space at a time of rising demand on young people’s mental health services.

Balcony Gardens

A Little Garden of Shared Knowledge sponsored by Viking, designed by Katerina Kantalis

Intended for a retired couple, this balcony garden blends personal sanctuary with shared stories, celebrating a lifelong love of gardening, travel and the arts.

Fettercairn: The Angels’ Share, designed by May Starey

Inspired by Fettercairn’s Highland landscape, the garden captures the spirit of whiskey’s ageing journey – from copper stills to oak casks.

Hedgerow in the Sky – Tech Mahindra, designed by Sarah Mayfield and Monika Greenhough

Designed to be a sanctuary inspired by British hedgerows, this garden blends layered planting, natural textures and wildlife-friendly design to nurture biodiversity and beauty.

The Transient Garden, designed by Rebecca Lloyd Jones

A flexible, green retreat with modular design, container planting and vertical accents for modern, mobile living, the garden has been inspired by ephemeral qualities of nature’s shifting light.

Tales from the Riverbank Garden sponsored by Kennedys’ Independent Property Agents, designed by Susie Kennedy and Kate Henning

Designed as a floating home’s fully functioning garden, Tales from the Riverbank Garden celebrates arts and crafts of a bygone era of riverside living.

Container Gardens

Alzheimer’s Society: Microbes and Minds Garden, designed by Tina Worboys

Raising awareness of the growing evidence linking gut microbiome health with brain function, the container garden has been inspired by the rural orchards of Worcestershire and Herefordshire.

The Seasalt Painted Garden, designed by Lynn James

Inspired by the mid-century St Ives School artists, the garden blends colour with recycled materials to celebrate creativity and contemporary art.

The Sightsavers Garden: We Start With Sight But We Don’t Stop There, designed by Peter Karn, Sarah Fisher and Janice Molyneux

A sensory sanctuary, the garden design has been inspired by Sightsavers’ mission to protect sight, eliminate disease and champion disability rights.

The Whittard of Chelsea Garden, designed by Ollie Pike

In celebration of 140 years of Whittard of Chelsea tea blends, the garden combines the beauty and sound of the pouring of a cup of tea.

Flood Re: Contain the Rain Garden, designed by John Howlett

Drawing inspiration from traditional Persian design, the garden intends to create a tranquil sanctuary within a compact urban space.