While most of the world is busy discussing the lifting of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s ban on gnomes and David Beckham’s input into Frances Tophill’s garden design for The King’s Foundation, we are obsessing over the homes inspiration to be found amid the greenery. Here are just a few of the highlights.
‘Broadway’ outdoor kitchen by Neptune
RHS Chelsea Flower show signals the start of garden party season, and as the weather heats up more of us will be craving an outdoor kitchen. This Shaker-style design (pictured above) by Neptune launched this week. See it at Neptune’s stand on Royal Hospital Way.
Them Outdoors at RHS x Citi Season of Abundance
Jacyln Pappalardo’s ‘A Stool’ was one of the first designs to be created for this young UK-based outdoor furniture brand (picked by us as one to have on your radar). It features en masse in this garden by landscape designer Imogen Perreau, which draws on the symbolism of Beltane, the Celtic festival rooted in folklore which marks the shift from spring to summer.
‘Camo’ collection by Niwaki
Niwaki is every urban gardener’s favourite brand, creating pieces that are practical but also beautiful. These are gardening accessories that you would hang proudly indoors and, for RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Niwaki’s founder and CEO Jake Hobson is launching this new limited-edition collection in collaboration with London-based Japanese illustrator Natsko Seki. ‘Natsko has given shape, colour and depth to the fantastical landscape of my mind’s eye – I can’t wait to see other people enjoying it,’ says Hobson.
New launches by Soho Lighting
Inspired by a Victorian orangery, Soho Lighting’s stand at RHS Chelsea Flower Show has been created in collaboration with interior designer Sean Symington and garden designer Henry Agg. It’s the first place to see the brand’s latest innovation: ‘Kinetic Switches’. These light switches work wirelessly and without a battery, powered purely by kinetic energy. You can also spot the new ‘Acanthus’ pendant light, inspired by design motifs at Hampton Court Palace and created by Cornish ceramicist Funda Ersoysal, as well as new outdoor lighting, all set amidst tropical planting and trellisses painted in Edward Bulmer paint.
‘Highgrove’ collection by Sanderson
This range was created in collaboration with The King’s Foundation, so RHS Chelsea Flower show feels like a fitting moment to launch eight new designs in the collection. There’s ‘The King’s Rose’, inspired by the distinctive striped-petal flower developed by David Austin Roses for His Majesty King Charles III in 2025, as well as ‘The Stumpery’, ‘Rose Pergola’ and ‘Tetbury Stripe’, which will be newly available as outdoor fabrics. ‘Alice’s Fern’ and ‘Delphiniums & Lilac’, previously only available as fabrics, will now also be available as wallpapers. A floral delight that you can take home.
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‘A Galaxy in Two Dimension’ by Hamish Powell x The Conran Shop
Floral designer Hamish Powell has been busy ahead of this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. He has created this installation – a representation of the galaxy produced using flowers pressed between acrylic panels – for The Conran Shop on Sloane Square, as well as an installation at Ottolenghi Chelsea. The perfect pick-me-up for those heading to RHS Chelsea Flower Show (or those who want to soak up the atmosphere, but don’t have tickets).
‘A Farm in Mayfair’ by Claridges x The Newt
How do you experience the beauty of the Somerset countryside in the centre of the capital? For two weeks, the art deco lobby at Claridge’s will be inviting people to do just that. Stop by for a drink after your day at RHS Chelsea Flower Show to marvel at the six-metre high sculpture of a water buffalo, British White cattle, a stag, ram, ewes and chickens crafted from willow that took ten people 148 days to complete. While the installation is in place, the menus in The Foyer and Reading Room will feature ingredients from The Newt’s estate.
JW Anderson x Burnt Fen Flowers
The fashion brand’s Pimlico Road store is not only showcasing its pieces for the home and garden, but will also be exhibiting iconic vases by pioneering British florist, author and educator Constance Spry – one of the most revolutionary florists of the 20th century. Five of the vases will feature floral arrangements by Alfie Nicholson, founder of Burnt Fen Flowers, whose blooms are produced on a five-acre farm nestled within the Norfolk Broads.
