After five years of funding gardens at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Project Giving Back (PGB) marks its final year at the show with a feature garden designed by James Basson.

The feature garden intends to celebrate PGB’s legacy after working with numerous charities across the UK.

Basson of Scape Design brings a landscape never seen before at RHS Chelsea, featuring towering red sandstone cliffs, coloured by natural ochre pigment with climate resilient planting.

Basson explains the garden takes inspiration from the ochre mines of Roussillon in Provence, Southern France. “The garden presents a powerful image of quiet regeneration. These mines were once heavily damaged landscapes but over time, through natural succession and soil regeneration, an extraordinary landscape has emerged.”

To be built by Mark Whyman Landscapes, Basson also looks forward to working Kelways Plants for the garden, too.

“I wanted to bring a little of its drama and raw beauty to RHS Chelsea, and I feel that its unique story provides an appropriate backdrop for Project Giving Back to celebrate its legacy and inspire others to give back in their own way.”

Hattie Ghaui, chief executive of PGB also comments on the garden at this year’s show:

“This garden reflects what Project Giving Back set out to do – and what we are proud to have achieved in a relatively short period of time.”

Clare Matterson, director general of the RHS says “we are proud to have partnered with Project Giving Back and look forward to seeing how its legacy continues to inspire new approaches to supporting gardens and communities in the years ahead.”

The garden designer was last at RHS Chelsea in 2017 for M&G Investments, winning RHS Gold and Best in Show.