The RHS and The King’s Foundation Curious Garden for 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show Unveiled
The RHS and The King’s Foundation Curious Garden, designed by Frances Tophill, for the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show has been unveiled.
The garden is being championed by King Charles III, Patron of the RHS and Royal Founding Patron of The King’s Foundation, and King’s Foundation ambassador Sir David Beckham and King’s Foundation and RHS Ambassador Alan Titchmarsh CBE.
Key features include; a beautiful oak building representing a ‘museum of curiosities’; 7 raised plant beds as a nod to Sir David Beckham and the iconic Manchester United and England National Team number 7 shirt he wore; Delphiniums grown by the RHS at its Wisley Garden, celebrating King Charles III being Patron of the Delphinium Society and their prominence at his Highgrove garden, an Artist’s Easel created by The King’s Foundation’s Snowdon School of Furniture and across the garden finesse, flowers and good horticulture will be for Alan Titchmarsh CBE.
The RHS and The King’s Foundation Curious Garden aims to encourage the nation to discover the joy of getting curious about gardening and the vital contribution plants make to the health of people, places and planet.
The Garden explores and celebrates the diverse nature of plants and all the ways they enrich our lives and our industries. It aims to spark curiosity in the hope of inspiring a new generation of gardeners and also to inspire people into careers working with the environment and rural crafts. Apprentices and garden trainees from both the RHS and The King’s Foundation charities will be involved with the planting at RHS Chelsea to discover what it takes to create a garden at the world’s most famous flower show.
At the centre of the garden, the ‘museum of curiosities’ will be filled with everything plant related in a celebration of the vast world of horticulture, including stunning dried flower displays from Bex Partridge.
“I’m so excited to share my first garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show. With input from His Majesty The King, Alan Titchmarsh and Sir David Beckham, I’ve had a lot of fun incorporating elements both celebrating their involvement and ideas they have contributed.”
Frances Tophill, Garden Designer
“With sustainability front and central for His Majesty, there are no man-made materials being used in the garden, and it will be a concrete free construction. As per The King’s Foundation ethos and education programmes, we will be showcasing artisan crafts and skills, including a very beautiful Artist Easel created by alumni from the charity’s furniture school.”