The RHS and The King’s Foundation announce Curious Garden for 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show
The RHS and The King’s Foundation are creating a garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show (19 May – 23 May 2026) 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 RHS and The King’s Foundation Curious Garden will be designed by horticulturist and TV presenter Frances Tophill, her first garden at at the world’s most famous flower show. To encourage millions of other new gardeners to be curious in their own gardening endeavours, King’s Foundation Ambassador Sir David Beckham and RHS and King’s Foundation Ambassador Alan Titchmarsh CBE will be joining Frances on her journey to create the garden.
“My love for the countryside started when I was a child visiting my grandparents. I’ve experienced how rewarding gardening can be and that’s why I’m looking forward to working with The RHS and The King’s Foundation on their Curious Garden at the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. I hope we inspire people to get outside into nature and to try something new.”
Sir David Beckham, King’s Foundation Ambassador
The RHS and The King’s Foundation Curious Garden will be brimming with take-home ideas for people to grow more plants and create beautiful pockets of nature – be it on a windowsill, in a container garden or in a private garden space.
“Aside from celebrating the real joy that gardening brings to our lives, we will be highlighting how simply growing more plants helps mitigate both the biodiversity and climate crises and, therefore, why gardeners, from enthusiastic new gardeners to incredible skilled horticulturists, are more important today than ever.”
Alan Titchmarsh CBE, RHS and King’s Foundation Ambassador
Garden apprentices and trainees from both The King’s Foundation’s gardens and the RHS will be invited to be involved with the Chelsea Garden. The garden will also celebrate the specialist traditional skills of The King’s Foundation students and graduates around woodwork and other craftmanship will be celebrated.
“I’m thrilled to be working with everyone involved to bring my first Chelsea garden to life and really explore my own curiosity about plants and their vital role in bringing health to people and to planet.”
Frances Tophill, Garden Designer
The final destination for the Garden, after RHS Chelsea Flower Show, will be aimed at young adults and designed to bring nature to an urban setting and will be announced in 2026. The RHS and King’s Foundation Curious Garden design for RHS Chelsea will be unveiled early next year. Watch this space!