Dorset water experts Water Artisans are showing their skills at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 with natural ponds, rocky streams, formal ponds and rills in Show Gardens, Small Show Gardens and the All About Plants category. The show is on from 19-23 May. Show Gardens The Children’s Society Garden by Patrick Clarke is a […]
The Addleshaw Goddard: Freedom To Flourish Garden by designers Joe and Laura Carey is a creative interpretation of nature’s call to embrace its unhurried pace. The beautiful garden won Gold at the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. A key element was a rising and falling water feature by Higher Bockhampton company Water Artisans. Capturing the […]
Fun Alice in Wonderland sculptures by James Coplestone (Robert James Workshops), bespoke shepherd’s huts by Plankbridge, fun garden shoes by Backdoor Shoes, impressive stone balancing by Adrian Gray who spent many years creating in Dorset, a centrepiece salmon and otters bronze by Simon Gudgeon for the Atlantic Salmon Trust, clever water features by Water Artisans […]
Ferndown Florist Angela Turner has won Gold at the world famous flower show. She’s exhibiting in the Great Pavilion Floral Creations section – a brand-new category with smaller arrangements, mounted on plinths. The theme for 2024 is ‘colour’ and Angela’s design is called Inner Peace. Recognising the need for calm amongst the chaos, an inner […]
The Mary Anning Space to Learn Garden by Julie and Andrew Haylock is inspired by the famous fossil hunter Mary Anning, from Lyme Regis. Born into poverty, Mary’s gender, standing in society and lack of formal education was a barrier to her being fully credited for her geological discoveries that would provide important evidence of […]
Dorset artist Simon Gudgeon, one of Britain’s leading contemporary sculptors, is creating a key piece of art for The RSPCA Garden which will be shown at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May. Simon is well known for his stunning animal sculptures and this piece will feature otters playing. The bespoke bronze is inspired by rescue […]
by designer, Chris Beardshaw on the gold medal winning Show Garden, will be sold at a public plant sale on Friday 3 June at the RNLI College in Poole.
After great success with a silver gilt award at the renowned Chelsea Flower Show in 2019, Kingston Maurward has once again joined up with local plant growers and suppliers to celebrate Dorset horticulture with a garden in this year’s Sanctuary Gardens category. Using a visit to Kingston Maurward’s sister garden La Mortola, (The Hanbury Botanical Gardens) […]
‘Best in Show’ garden designer and plantsman, Chris Beardshaw returns to RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May 2022 as part of the new Project Giving Back initiative, with a Show Garden for one of the nation’s most well-respected charities, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, (RNLI). Chris Beardshaw, who’s been a lifelong supporter of the charity, […]
‘The Spirit of the Woods’ show garden designed by Peter Dowle from Howle Hill Nursery and featuring four of Dorset sculptor Simon Gudgeon’s creations has been awarded Gold and the Best Construction Award at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival. ‘The Spirit of the Woods’ is a garden that explores our spiritual connection with nature using […]
