This year’s medal-winning gardens have been announced by the RHS at the Chelsea Flower Show

By Molly Blair

Published: Tuesday, 23 May 2023 at 12:00 am


The medals for this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens have been announced, including six gold medals, four silver gilt medals and two silver medals in the Show Gardens category and three gold medals, three silver gilt and one silver medal in the Sanctuary Gardens category.

The Chelsea Flower Show opened its doors to the public today, just as the medals were awarded to the gardens and designers.

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Rubble and rubbish on Cleve West’s Gold medal garden at Chelsea 2023.

Full list of medal winners at Chelsea Flower Show 2023

Winning Gold this year in the Show Gardens category:

Hoban Cultural Foundation: A Letter from a Million Years Past designed by Jihae Hwang

Myeloma UK: A Life Worth Living Garden designed by Chris Beardshaw

The Nurture Landscapes Garden designed by Sarah Price

The Centrepoint Garden designed by Cleve West

Horatio’s Garden designed by Charlotte Harris and Hugo Bugg

The Royal Entomological Society Garden designed by Tom Massey

Silver Gilt Show Garden winners:

The Savills Garden designed by Mark Gregory

Samaritans’ Listening Garden designed by Darren Hawkes

RBC Brewin Dolphin Garden designed by Paul Hervey-Brookes

Memoria & GreenAcres Transcendence Garden designed by Gavin McWilliam and Andrew Wilson

Silver Show Garden winners: 

Centre for Mental Health’s The Balance Garden designed by Jon Davies and Steve Williams

The Fauna & Flora Garden designed by Jilayne Rickards

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Chelsea Flower Show Garden 2023: The Fauna& Flora Garden. Designed by Jilayne Rickards. Sponsored by Fauna & Flora and Project Giving Back. Show Garden.
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SANCTUARY GARDENS MEDAL WINNERS

Winning gold in the Sanctuary Gardens category: 

The National Brain Appeal’s Rare Space Garden designed by Charlie Hawkes

London Square Community Garden designed by James Smith

The Biophilic Garden Otsu – Hanare designed by Kazuyuki Ishihara

Silver Gilt Sanctuary Garden winners: 

Hamptons Mediterranean Garden designed by Filippo Dester

The Boodles British Craft Garden designed by Thomas Hoblyn

The RSPCA Garden designed by Martyn Wilson

Silver Sanctuary Garden winners:

Cavernoma on My Mind designed by Taina Suonio and Anne Hamilton

BALCONY AND CONTAINER AND ALL ABOUT PLANTS MEDAL WINNERS 

Winning Gold in this category:

Feels Like Home designed by Rosemary Coldstream

The St George ‘Alright Here’ Balcony Garden designed by Emma Tipping

The Talitha Arts Garden designed by Joe and Laura Carey

Teapot Trust: Elsewhere Garden designed by Susan Begg and  Nicola Semple

Silver Gilt in this category: 

The Shifting Garden designed by The Chelsea Gardener

The Hampden Stargadt Garden designed by Joanne Edmonds and Camilla Windsor-Clive

The Platform Garden designed by Amelia Bouquet and Emilie Bausager

The Restorative Balcony Garden sponsored by Viking designed by Christina Cobb

The School Food Matters Garden designed by Harry Holding

The Choose Love Garden designed by Jane Porter

The Natural Affinity Garden for Aspens designed by Camellia Taylor

Silver in this category: 

The Folio Society’s Reading Room Garden designed by Katherine Holland

The Doorstep Library Garden: Words Take you Places designed by Gini Denison-Pender, Philippa Craddock and Anna Garner

The Sadler’s Wells East Garden designed by Alexa Ryan-Mills

Bronze in this category: 

The Mary Anning Space to Learn Garden designed by Julie and Andrew Haylock

 

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