Discover the full list of the gardens at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show this year

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Published: Tuesday, 02 July 2024 at 09:24 AM


RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival takes place from 2 to 7 July this year, and promises a host of exciting gardens and plants for its visitors.

There are anniversaries and birthdays celebrated, with the 25th anniversary of Disney’s The Lion King in the West End and the 60th anniversary of Britain in Bloom.

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This year many of the gardens come under the categories Show Gardens and Get Started Garden but there is also the Pocket Planting category, Show Features and the Feature Garden. The Feature Garden category includes the RHS Peat-free Garden designed by Arit Anderson, and the RHS Money-Saving Garden, designed by Anya Lautenbach.

Below is the full list of gardens you can expect at Hampton Court Flower Show this year.

Head to our Hampton Court Flower Show guide for everything you need to know about the show.

Show Gardens at Hampton Court Flower Show 2024

Lancaster’s Garden of renewal; nature’s embrace designed by Giada Francois

Category: Show Garden

Sponsored by EJ Lancaster Ltd

Lancaster’s Garden of Renewal, Nature’s Embrace, designed by Giada Francois at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024 © RHS/Neil Hepworth

This garden has a theme of biodiversity, sustainability and healing and features meandering pathways, and secluded water areas. The garden should cater to nature enthusiasts and those passionate about sustainable living.

The garden will be relocated to John Walsh and Fred Wigg Towers Housing Estate in London.

Bond Landscape Design Match Point designed by Oliver Bond

Category: Show Gardens

Bond Landscape Design: Match Point, designed by Oliver Bond at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
Bond Landscape Design: Match Point. Designed by Oliver Bond. Show Garden. RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024. Site no. 607

Oliver Bond’s designs for this garden explore how a tennis court and clubhouse can be featured as part of a garden without compromising the flora and fauna. The planting should be vibrant purples, with vibrant, airy plants to evoke a calm space.

The garden is due to be relocated to a private garden alongside an existing tennis court, with a mid-sized wildflower meadow.

The Sounds of Adventure Garden designed by Nic Howard

Category: Show Gardens

Sponsored by Exodus Adventure Travels

Exodus Adventure Travels: The Sounds of Adventure Garden designed by Nic Howard. Sponsored by Exodus Adventure Travels and Headwater. RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024.
Exodus Adventure Travels: The Sounds of Adventure Garden designed by Nic Howard. Sponsored by Exodus Adventure Travels and Headwater – © Neil Hepworth

Designed to engage with all the senses, this garden is committed to sustainable travel and has been designed with an attempt to minimise environmental impact. There is a water management system to feed the watercourse, and the planting has been chosen to encourage pollinators. No concrete has been used in the garden construction.

The garden is being relocated to a garden open to the National Garden Scheme.

The Explore Charleston Garden designed by Sadie Stowell

Category: Show Gardens

Sponsored by Explore Charleston Brand USA

The Explore Charleston Garden. Designed by Sadie May Stowell at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
The Explore Charleston Garden. Designed by Sadie May Stowell at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024

Focusing on Charleston, South Carolina, this garden celebrates the biodiverse wild wetlands of that area. Reclaimed materials are used alongside a classical antique water feature, inspired by Chapel Street Fountain.

The Lighthouse Garden, designed by Tracy Harman and Tony Wagstaff

Category: Show Gardens

Sponsored by Southend City Council

The Lighthouse Garden designed by Tracy Harman and Tony Wagstaff, sponsored by Southend City Council. RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024.
The Lighthouse Garden designed by Tracy Harman and Tony Wagstaff, sponsored by Southend City Council – © Neil Hepworth

This garden has been designed specifically with the Lighthouse Child Development Centre in mind. The facility in Essex offers services to children and young people who have neurodevelopmental and neurodisability disorders.

Expect a nautical theme to the space, which evokes Southend-on-Sea.

Oregon Garden designed by Sadie Stowell

Category: Show Gardens

Sponsored by Travel Oregon

Oregon Garden designed by Sadie May Stowell at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
Oregon Garden designed by Sadie May Stowell at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024 © RHS/Neil Hepworth

The second garden at Hampton Court Flower Show designed by Sadie Stowell, this one is inspired by the natural beauty in the state of Oregon. Featured will be natural planting, waterfalls, forest planting and large boulders which create a central water feature.

The Lion King Anniversary Garden designed by Juliet Sargeant

Category: Show Garden

Sponsored by Disney’s The Lion King

The Lion King Anniversary Garden designed by Juliet Sergeant, sponsored by Disney's The Lion King. RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024.
The Lion King Anniversary Garden designed by Juliet Sergeant, sponsored by Disney’s The Lion King – © Neil Hepworth

This garden has been created as a celebration of 25 years of Disney’s The Lion King in the London. The designs are inspired by the stage production and the African landscapes where the story is set. Planting includes resilient grasses and drought-tolerant plants.

The Way of Saint James designed by Nilufer Danis

Category: Show Gardens

Sponsored by Axencia Turismo de Galicia

The Way Of Saint James, designed by Nilufer Danis at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
The Way Of Saint James, designed by Nilufer Danis at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024 © RHS/Neil Hepworth

Inspired by the patron saint of Spain, the Way of Saint James garden includes a pilgrim statue, and the camino symbols of the Santiago cross and yellow arrow. The garden has strong eco credentials, with plants all sourced from UK suppliers.

The garden will be relocated to a care home in the UK.

Get Started Garden category

The Mediterraneo Garden designed by Katerina Kantalis

Category: Get Started Gardens

Sponsored by All Green, The Otter Nursery, Kinley

The Mediterraneo Garden designed by Katerina Kantalis, sponsored by Allgreen.
The Mediterraneo Garden designed by Katerina Kantalis, sponsored by Allgreen. – © Sarah Cuttle

Offering an escape from the everyday, while also focusing in on adapting to climate change in our gardens, this space is inspired by Greek landscapes.

Expect drought tolerant and adaptable plants. Elements of the garden will be relocated to Crystal Palace Park as part of the Invisible Palace charity.

The Climate-Forward Garden designed by Melanie Hick

Category: Get Started Gardens

Sponsored by FH Brundle

A Four Season Sanctuary, designed by Tim Jennings at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
© RHS/Neil Hepworth

Here’s a front garden re-imagined for our changing environment. There’s a central pool and ‘conversation pit’ all surrounded by plants including Australian eucalyptus and crepe myrtle.

Expect drought-friendly plants grown in porous gravel, in a design that is influenced by how Australian garden design has evolved to cope with the demands of harsh climate conditions.

The garden will be relocated to Kilmorie School in Lewisham.

The Making Sense Garden designed by Flora Scouarnec and Victoria Pease-Cox

Category: Get Started Gardens

Sponsored by Scouarnec & Pease-Cox Gardens Design

The Making Sense Garden designed by Flora Scouarnec and Victoria Pease-Cox, sponsored by Scouarnec and Pease-Cox Garden Design. Hampton Court Festival 2024
The Making Sense Garden designed by Flora Scouarnec and Victoria Pease-Cox, sponsored by Scouarnec and Pease-Cox Garden Design. – © Sarah Cuttle

There’s a sensory theme to this garden, which has been designed specifically for people with smell and taste disorders in mind. There are two levels, with multi-stemmed trees and a curving path that leads to a sunken area. The garden will be relocated to three private projects being undertaken by the designers.

A Four Season Sanctuary designed by Tim Jennings

Category: Get Started Gardens
Sponsored by Green vision landscaping

A Four Season Sanctuary, designed by Tim Jennings. Get Started Garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
A Four Season Sanctuary, designed by Tim Jennings. Get Started Garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024 © RHS/Neil Hepworth

Featuring modern design alongside traditional materials, this garden is built for both humans and wildlife. Expect meadow grasses, specimen trees and native hedging, and a design ethos which focuses on biodiversity.

The garden is due to be relocated to the grounds of MENCAP charity headquarters in Watford.

Moss Magic Garden, designed by Bea Tann

Category: Get Started Garden

Sponsored by RSK Group

Moss Magic Garden, designed by Bea Tann at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
Moss Magic Garden, designed by Bea Tann at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024 © RHS/Neil Hepworth

Harnessing the power of moss and bringing the magic of UK woodlands is where the inspiration for this garden comes from. The design is a small, contemporary space which celebrates the charm of the natural world. Expect a moss lawn, which encourages eco-friendly gardening and emphasises the beauty and functionality of moss.

Show Features Gardens

Denmans Garden: Room Outside, designed by Gwendolyn van Paasschen and Jonathan Arnold

Category: Show Features

Sponsored by The John Brookes-Denmans Foundation

Denmans Garden: Room Outside, designed by Gwendolyn van Paasschen and Jonathan Arnold at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
Denmans Garden: Room Outside, designed by Gwendolyn van Paasschen and Jonathan Arnold at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024 © RHS/Neil Hepworth

This garden offers a snapshot of the Denmans Garden, former home and garden of the late landscape designer and garden design authors John Brookes MBE. Expect a diversity of plants and inspiration from the original garden, which includes dry riverbeds, gravel gardens, a walled garden and ponds.

It will be planted primarily with drought tolerant plants, and will be low maintenance.

Formal Gardening for Wildlife, designed by RHS Garden Wisley Horticulturalists

Category: Show Features

Sponsored by Haddonstone Ltd

RHS Garden Wisley at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
RHS Garden Wisley at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024 © RHS/Neil Hepworth

This garden is a showcase of formality and cottage-style planting which echoes that of the RHS’s Wisley Garden. The design features plant and material choices which support wildlife, and there will be a handmade bug hotel, mixed lawn pathways, woven willow fences and aquatic containers.

Furzey Gardens – Reflective Waters of Inclusivity, designed by Andrew Bentley

Category: Show Features

Furzey Gardens, RHS Partner Garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
Furzey Gardens, RHS Partner Garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024 © RHS/Neil Hepworth

There is a peaceful lake and waterfall area at Furzey Gardens, which this garden at Hampton Court represents. The RHS partner garden is tended and maintained by people with learning difficulties. Expect Festuca glauca, lobelia and white bacopa alongside a Japanese maple, hostas and ferns.

Feature Garden

RHS Adventure Within Garden, designed by Freddie Strickland

Category: Feature Garden

RHS Adventure Within Garden, designed by Freddie Strickland at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
RHS Adventure Within Garden, designed by Freddie Strickland at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024 © RHS/Neil Hepworth

This garden looks to adventure, with two different zones exploring contrasting scales and atmospheres. The first zone has leafy planting and is designed to encourage curiosity. The second zone is wider with more of a stylised meadow feel to it.

RHS Britain in Bloom 60th Anniversary: Gardening for people and Planet, designed by Jon and James Wheatley

Category: Feature Garden

RHS Britain in Bloom 60th Anniversary: Gardening for People and Planet. Designed by Jon and James Wheatley at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
RHS Britain in Bloom 60th Anniversary: Gardening for People and Planet. Designed by Jon and James Wheatley at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024 © RHS /Neil Hepworth

A celebration of the 60 years of RHS Britain in Bloom competition, which looks back at the campaign from its inception in the 1960s. The father-son design duo will feature a variety of planting, with a grass path and will focus on a theme of friendship, complete with a friendship bench.

RHS Money-Saving Garden, designed by Anya Lautenbach

Category: Feature Garden

RHS Money-Saving Garden, designed by Anya Lautenbach and Jamie Butterworth. At RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
RHS Money-Saving Garden, designed by Anya Lautenbach and Jamie Butterworth. At RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024 © RHS/Neil Hepworth

Anya Lautenbach, aka The Garden Fairy has amassed up a big following with her tips on how to garden when you have limited access to cash. This garden will focus on her ideas about how to create plants for free, and how to create a beautiful space on a very limited budget.

RHS Peat-Free Garden, designed by Arit Anderson

Category: Feature Garden

RHS Peat-Free Garden, designed by Arit Anderson at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
RHS Peat-Free Garden, designed by Arit Anderson at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024 © RHS/Neil Hepworth

Design veteran Arit Anderson takes on the worthy challenge of creating a garden that is entirely peat free at Hampton Court. All the materials used on the garden have been recycled, including a large greenhouse made from upcycled windows. The planting mimics an untouched peatland before moving into a recognisable domestic garden.

Read: what is peat and why should we protect our peat bogs