RHS Badminton Flower Show 2026

Beauty and ecological richness are not opposing forces, but natural partners that can sit side by side without compromise. Rooted in this belief, the designer brings to life a soft, painterly border where ornamental elegance and biodiversity seamlessly coexist. Visitors encounter a luminous tapestry of grasses and long-flowering perennials woven through structural forms.

These create movement and an open, uplifting atmosphere. Key features include a softly meandering path, a sculptural log pile, warm stone clusters and a shallow water bowl – simple additions that visitors can replicate in their own gardens – which quietly support insects, birds and soil life. Reflecting a commitment to creating spaces that feel generous and achievable for gardeners of all levels, Living Beauty will become a living classroom at a local primary school.

With thanks to Constantine Rex The Generous Gardener and Bodkin House Hotel

RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2026

Finding Balance is a sensory‑led border for the RHS Malvern Spring Show, exploring resilience, adaptation, and our search for equilibrium, both within ourselves and in nature.

The design is shaped by themes of imbalance and adjustment, expressed through an asymmetrical layout and gently curving path that subtly evoke disorientation while keeping the space calm, grounded, and accessible.

Planting is naturalistic and painterly, built around resilient species chosen for movement, texture, and sensory depth. A soft palette of whites, blues, apricots, and bronzes creates a restorative atmosphere, with grasses and aromatic plants encouraging visitors to slow down and engage through multiple senses.

Finding Balance considers how gardens can communicate complex experiences, offering a space that feels reflective and quietly restorative, and highlighting the quiet power of plants to support wellbeing.

After the festival, the garden will be relocated to Calcot Manor & Spa in the Cotswolds, where it will continue to grow and be enjoyed.

With thanks to Calcot Spa & Manor,Aromatherapy Associates, and BANA for their support.

Plant list

Trees & Shrubs

  • Juniperus scopulorum ‘Blue Arrow’

  • Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Irene Patterson’

  • Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Silver Queen’

  • Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Green Ginger’

  • Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’

Perennials

  • Ballota hirsuta

  • Brachyscome microcarpa ‘Clarence River’

  • Foeniculum vulgare ‘Purpureum’

  • Geum ‘Mai Tai’

  • Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’

  • Iris ‘Benton Susan’

  • Iris ‘Jane Phillips’

  • Iris pallida

  • Lavandula angustifolia ‘Grosso’

  • Nepeta ‘Junior Walker’

  • Nepeta ‘Walkers Low’

  • Phlox subulata ‘Emerald Cushion’

  • Salvia ‘Crystal Blue’

  • Salvia jamensis ‘Melon’

  • Sisyrinchium nudicaule

  • Verbascum ‘Flush of White’

  • Veronica gentianoides

Grasses

  • Carex comans ‘Bronze’

  • Carex testacea

  • Festuca amethystina

  • Nassella tenuissima

Bulbs

  • Allium siculum

Groundcovers

  • Thymus (various)