RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024 celebrates anniversaries, international inspiration, and gardening for wildlife as the festival returns to the historic Hampton Court Palace from 2-7 July.
Feature gardens
Marking the 60th anniversary of RHS Britain in Bloom, the
RHS Britain in Bloom 60th Anniversary: Gardening for People and Planet, designed by father and son duo Jon and James Wheatley, celebrates the relationships that form when people garden together in their communities. Also making an appearance at
RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May, the garden is packed with native and British grown plants alongside beehives to increase biodiversity.
“Bringing gardening traditions of other countries to the classically British setting of Hampton Court Palace.”
-Show Manager Natalie Gearing
Former Young Designer of the Year, Freddie Strickland, invites visitors to travel through the conceptual design and reconnect with a sense of childhood playfulness in his
RHS Adventure Within Garden.
Shows celebrated
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Disney’s The Lion King in London’s West End, Juliet Sargeant is drawing inspiration from the award-winning production’s bright colours and the African savannah for The Lion King Anniversary Garden with dusty red soil planted with swathes of resilient grasses and vibrant, drought tolerant flowers.
Get Started Gardens go global
Also drawing inspiration from hotter climates,
The Climate-Forward Garden by Melanie Hick in the Get Started Gardens category looks to the Australian bush. Reimagining a UK front garden into a stylish yet climate conscious green space, complete with typically Australian gum and crepe myrtle trees.
Looking to the Mediterranean,
The Mediterraneo Garden designed by Katerina Kantalis draws on the gardening traditions of Greece with drought tolerant plants nestled in and amongst terracotta pots. Nilufer Danis’
The Way of Saint James seeks to capture the mystical essence of Galicia’s forests, while supporting biodiversity by creating habitat for insects and wildlife.
Building biodiversity
Oliver Bond takes inspiration from closer to home for
Bond Landscape Design: Match Point, a garden featuring a tennis court and green, purple and white planting with nectar rich plants to support biodiversity. Tim Jennings’
A Four Season Sanctuary features a pond to demonstrate the value they provide to wildlife and Giada Francois’
The Garden of Renewal is packed with naturalistic planting.
Natalie Gearing, RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival Manager, says: “There is such a variety of ideas at this year’s festival, from bringing gardening traditions of other countries to the classically British setting of Hampton Court Palace, to celebrating anniversaries of beloved institutions through garden design. There will be inspiration to suit all styles, abilities, and garden size.”
All the gardens at the show
Get Started Gardens
A Four Season Sanctuary
designed by Tim Jennings
sponsored by Green Vision Landscaping
Mediterraneo Garden
designed by Katerina Kantalis
sponsored by The Otter Nursery, Rivars Sand and Gravel
The Climate-Forward Garden
designed by Melanie Hicks
sponsored by F.H. Brundle
The Making Sense Garden
designed by Flora Scouarnec and Victoria Pease-Cox
sponsored by Scouarnec & Pease-Cox Garden Design
Show Gardens
Bond Landscape Design: Match Point
designed by Oliver Bond
The Oregon Garden
designed by Sadie May Stowell
sponsored by Travel Oregon & Brand USA
Explore Charleston
designed by Sadie May Stowell
sponsored by Explore Charleston & Brand USA
Lancasters Garden of Renewal, Nature’s Embrace
designed by Giada Francois
sponsored by Lancasters Garden Centre, Beam Homes ltd
The Lion King Anniversary Garden
designed by Juliet Sargeant
sponsored by Disney’s THE LION KING
The Sounds of Adventure Garden – A sensory journey with Exodus Adventure Travels and Headwater
designed by Nic Howard
sponsored by Exodus Adventure Travels & Headwater
The Way Of Saint James
designed by Nilufer Danis
sponsored by Axencia Turismo de Galicia, Tourist Office of Spain
Feature Gardens:
RHS Britain in Bloom 60th Anniversary: Gardening for People and Planet
designed by: Jon & James Wheatley
RHS Adventure Within Garden
designed by: Freddie Strickland
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