More details have been released by the Royal Horticultural Society of Chelsea Flower Show 2025, which takes place 20 to 24 May.
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Gold-medal winning designer Nigel Dunnett will return to RHS Chelsea Flower show this year, for the first time since 2017, with a Show Garden designed for Scotland-based charity Hospitalfield Arts.
Nigel Dunnett is one of the world's leading voices on planting design and the garden will reflect the coastal location of Hospitalfield Arts in Arbroath.
The garden will mirror the sand dune environment, with all planting established in sand, and will feature a dune pool, which collects rain water from the studio and surrounding dunes.
Nigel said: “Chelsea is a place for new ideas, for experimentation, and to take risks, and that is certainly the spirit in which we have developed our garden. Working with Hospitalfield Arts, and their exciting and important work with contemporary art and young people, has inspired me to take a very abstract and highly sculptural approach to creating a representation of the landscape of the Angus coast. Creating that dramatic dunescape has been a real challenge."
Nigel added that the design will feature structures that hold the sand in 'wind-blown' shapes and that using sand, gravels and aggregates demonstrates an alternative to using rich topsoils for planting.
"We hope this garden will spark conversations about our changing gardening habits, as well as the importance of creating space for the arts in helping us understand and interpret our changing world," he said.
The garden will be relocated to a primary school close to Hospitalfield after Chelsea. Ladyloan Primary School is very close to the beach in Arbroath and the garden will be adapted for the use of the children and teachers alike.
The garden will be funded by Project Giving Back and will be Nigel's second garden for Hospitalfield Arts, having designed the space's walled garden.
