Read about our first ever show garden designed by critically acclaimed landscape designer and stroke survivor Miria Harris.
What is the RHS Chelsea Flower Show?
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a world-famous exhibition of show gardens, artisan gardens, and floral presentations crafted by designers, horticulturists, and nurseries. The most outstanding designs and exhibits win awards.
The show serves as a platform for enthusiasts and experts alike to celebrate their passion for gardening.
Our garden
The Stroke Association will present its first ever show garden designed by critically acclaimed landscape designer and stroke survivor Miria Harris.
The garden, titled the Stroke Association’s Garden for Recovery, will be a 10 x 22m Main Avenue show garden. Stroke survivor, Miria Harris, who will be building the garden, talks about how Project Giving Back has enabled her to combine her passion for designing gardens and landscapes with the opportunity to help raise the profile of the Stroke Association. You can read more information in our press release. It will be Miria Harris’s first time designing at RHS Chelsea Show.
The garden will be welcoming and accessible, designed as a peaceful, sensory space for recovery. Colour, scent and the sound of water will provide soft wayfinding for those with additional visual or mobility needs, while interconnected pathways through a contoured landscape acknowledge the difficult road to recovery with its ups and downs.
A wildlife pond and stream will add the soothing sound of water, with a bridge across the stream as a metaphor for the mental, physical, and emotional connections that have to be rebuilt after stroke. Gently curved accessible paths will lead visitors around the garden, while a series of natural built walls shape places to rest and be with loved ones.
You can download our list of garden plant list to find out all the plants that will feature in the Garden for Recovery.
Where is the RHS Chelsea Flower Show?
The show is on the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, located at London Gate, Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4SR. The Stroke Association's Garden for Recovery is on the Main Avenue within the grounds.
The RHS is committed to ensuring the show is accessible to as many individuals as possible. For Information about the show's accessibility, the RHS has compiled a handy guide with an accessibility map you can print or bring up on a smart phone showing all the ramps, accessible catering, toilets, first aid tents, shuttle buses and viewing areas on the grounds.
When is it?
The show takes place from May 21 to May 25, 2024. Operating hours are from 8 am to 8 pm, Tuesday through Friday, with a special Chelsea Late event on Friday from 5:30 pm to 10 pm. On Saturday, the show will run from 8 am to 5:30 pm. The first two days are for Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) members.
Member tickets are priced at £37.85, while public tickets start from £45.85. For more information regarding tickets, visit the Royal Horticultural Society website.
