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Show Gardens legacy: relocation, reuse and repurpose

As part of the RHS Sustainability Strategy aim to become net positive within the decade, RHS Shows are constantly driving towards a lower carbon footprint

While the Green Audit works towards making the build of the gardens as sustainable as possible, the Garden Legacy looks to reduce waste by ensuring gardens have a life after the shows. All show gardens must have a plan to be relocated, reused or repurposed. The RHS Shows team gathers information on the Garden Legacy, and this database is being added to regularly. Discover what happened to the gardens, and the positive impact they have had on communities.

What’s involved?

Although a Garden is often built with a final home in mind and relocated there after the Show, there are many reasons why it is not always possible, or desirable to transport a Show Garden in its entirety. Sometimes, parts of a Garden will be repurposed, with plants being donated or sold. Occasionally hard landscaping is reused by the contractors on other projects.

In 2024, the RHS Chelsea Repurposed Garden repurposed elements from Show Gardens dating back as far as 2010.

See the RHS Chelsea Repurposed Garden
RHS Chelsea Repurposed Garden at RHS Chelsea 2024
RHS Chelsea Repurposed Garden at RHS Chelsea 2024

Past RHS Show Gardens

2025 – click on the garden for more information

RHS and BBC Radio 2 Dog Garden

RHS and BBC Radio 2 Dog Garden

The ADHD Foundation Garden

The ADHD Foundation Garden

London Square Chelsea Pensioners Garden

London Square Chelsea Pensioners Garden

2024 – click on the garden for more information

Bowel Research UK Microbiome Garden

Bowel Research UK Microbiome Garden

Burma Skincare Initiative Spirit of Partnership Garden

Burma Skincare Initiative Spirit of Partnership Garden

Flood Re: The Flood Resilient Garden

Flood Re: The Flood Resilient Garden

Killik & Co: ‘Money Doesn't Grow On Trees’ Garden

Killik & Co: ‘Money Doesn't Grow On Trees’ Garden

Muscular Dystrophy UK – Forest Bathing Garden

Muscular Dystrophy UK – Forest Bathing Garden

Planet Good Earth

Planet Good Earth

RHS Chelsea Repurposed

RHS Chelsea Repurposed

RHS x UBS A day on the nursery

RHS x UBS A day on the nursery

St James’s Piccadilly: Imagine the World to be Different

St James’s Piccadilly: Imagine the World to be Different

Stroke Association’s Garden for Recovery

Stroke Association’s Garden for Recovery

Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden

Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden

Terrence Higgins Trust Bridge to 2030 Garden

Terrence Higgins Trust Bridge to 2030 Garden

The Boodles Garden

The Boodles Garden

The Bridgerton Garden

The Bridgerton Garden

The Freedom from Torture Garden: A Sanctuary for Survivors

The Freedom from Torture Garden: A Sanctuary for Survivors

The National Autistic Society Garden

The National Autistic Society Garden

The National Garden Scheme Garden

The National Garden Scheme Garden

The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with the National Trust

The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with the National Trust

The Panathlon Joy Garden

The Panathlon Joy Garden

The Pulp Friction – Growing Skills Garden

The Pulp Friction – Growing Skills Garden

The Size of Wales Garden

The Size of Wales Garden

WaterAid Garden

WaterAid Garden

World Child Cancer’s Nurturing Garden

World Child Cancer’s Nurturing Garden

2023 – click on the garden for more information

Savills: Plot to Plate Garden

Savills: Plot to Plate Garden

Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden

Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden

The Choose Love Garden

The Choose Love Garden

The Doorstep Library Garden

The Doorstep Library Garden

The Fauna & Flora Garden

The Fauna & Flora Garden

The Mary Anning Space to Learn Garden

The Mary Anning Space to Learn Garden

The National Brain Appeal’s Rare Space

The National Brain Appeal’s Rare Space

The RSPCA Garden

The RSPCA Garden

The Sadler’s Wells East Garden

The Sadler’s Wells East Garden

Royal Entomological Society Garden

Royal Entomological Society Garden

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