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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
