Tag: Chelsea
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Designing a garden drenched with sunlight is easy work, but how do you guarantee planting success when you’ve got a shady plot? “Shade in the garden is often seen as a challenge, but I like to think of it as an opportunity,” garden and landscape designer, Zoe Claymore, who is designing the British Rainforest Garden…
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Chelsea always abounds with small space gardening ideas that can be used and adapted for compact areas. This year had more inspiration than ever with the new Balcony, Container Garden and Houseplant Studio categories. There are lots of ways that small gardens can be made to feel bigger – scroll down for tips and ideas, as…
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Award-winning landscape designer Tom Massey talks to House Beautiful about making the switch from animation to garden design, creating greener spaces, and his tiny courtyard garden in London. Tom will be at Chelsea Flower Show 2025, teaming up once again with architect Je Ahn for the innovative, AI-enabled Avanade Intelligent Garden. I’ve always been intrigued…
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Do you have a small plot, awkward corner or narrow balcony that you’re struggling to utilise? You’re in luck because help is at hand. We asked six Chelsea Flower Show designers from the balcony and container gardens to share their best tips for the tiniest outdoor spaces. Each year at Chelsea, the country’s most talented…
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Chelsea Fuss needs little introduction. The flower-loving blogger behind Frolic! has been going since 2006. Beloved on both sides of the Atlantic, she has been named one of the best design blogs in the world by The Timesand has featured in Domino and The Wall Street Journal*. Her beautifully photographed blog is devoted to thoughtful,…
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The perfectly hewn rocks, babbling brooks and exquisite drifts of flawless flowers of the Chelsea flower show are an out-of-reach dream for anyone without a big-budget sponsor. But this year, tucked away on a short, shaded stretch away from the elite show gardens, were 10 Chelsea newcomers demonstrating what can be achieved in even the…
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GreenSTEM. Sainsbury Lab Cambridge University display at Chelsea Flower Show 2025. J.Garget If the only way you want to spend time away from your own garden right now is in places where you can look at and think about other gardens (preferably with some science thrown in), now’s the perfect time – in London, at…
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Plant in bulk In a small garden, you need plants near the windows that draw the eye as you look out. Thompson favours perennials that create airy veils you can look through; think plants with naked stems such as salvias, verbenas and rudbeckia. The classic mistake Thompson always sees in a nursery or garden centre…