RHS Chelsea Flower Show

23 – 27 May 2017

Royal Bank of Canada at Chelsea

Looking back at the RBC Gardens from 2011

 

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is delighted to present a Show Garden for the sixth consecutive year at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Each year our garden designs aim to express the importance of water in keeping with the goals of the RBC Blue Water Project™ – a historic, wide-ranging, 10-year global commitment to help protect the world's fresh water resources.
Once the lights have dimmed on the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, RBC donates its garden to a charitable partner in the British Isles, enabling the garden to live on and benefit the local community.

Below we profile our gardens from the last five years

2015 – Royal Bank of Canada Garden

RBC-2015-940.jpgLast year’s garden explored a simple truism: water equals life. The design demonstrated practical and simple solutions to ensure sustainable city gardens. The garden is now an interactive play garden for visiting children and their families at the Earl Mountbatten Hospice, Isle of Wight.
Designer: Matthew Wilson
Medal: Silver Gilt







 


2014 – RBC Waterscape Garden

RBC 2014 Chelsea GardenSymbolic and sophisticated, this garden reflected global water issues while demonstrating water management solutions for home gardens and commercial landscapes. The garden was donated to the Vauxhall One Business Improvement District with its permanent home on the site of the former Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, London.
Designer: Hugo Bugg
Medal: Gold






 


2013 - RBC Blue Water Roof Garden

RBC 2013 Chelsea GardenAn exciting vision of an urban rooftop garden that integrated recreational space with innovative biodiversity and habitat features. Befitting its roof-top design, this garden was donated to the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary as a key part of the hospital’s new Therapeutic Roof Garden development.
Designer: Nigel Dunnett
Medal: Gold




 


 
2012 - RBC Blue Water Garden

RBC 2012 Chelsea GardenShowcasing artful rainwater management, this garden was the first Chelsea garden to incorporate bioswales as a central feature. It was donated to the London Wildlife Trust and rebuilt on the Thamesmead Estate, South London where it hosts local garden clubs.
Designer: Nigel Dunnett
Medal: Silver Gilt






 


2011 - RBC New Wild Garden

RBC 2011 Chelsea GardenThis garden was the RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s first full-scale “rain garden” designed to capture and use every single drop of rain fall. It was relocated to the Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire, where visitors can gain tips on how to garden sustainably.
Designer: Nigel Dunnett
Medal: Silver Gilt







 

Once the lights have dimmed on the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, RBC donates its garden to a charitable partner in the British Isles, enabling the garden to live on and benefit the local community.

 

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