Project Giving Back is an open invitation to UK charities to apply for a grant to stage a garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show that will promote their aims while encouraging horticultural excellence.
From smaller local charities to household names, Project Giving Back is providing a once in a lifetime opportunity to stage fully-funded gardens at the world famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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RHS Chelsea Flower Show attracts a huge amount of media coverage worldwide.
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Open to any budding garden designer, ambitious nursery, plant society and botanical garden with a passion and expertise for putting plants together.
It is the intention that every All About Plants scheme entrant will be assigned a mentor to help guide them through the exhibiting process at RHS Chelsea.
Landscape & garden designers who have already exhibited at other RHS flower shows and who want to design a show garden of approximately 10x 12 in size in collaboration with a UK charity
The category is open to all landscape and garden designers, ideally who have had previous
RHS Chelsea experience.
We understand the significance of exhibiting at RHS Chelsea so we’ve brought together some of the brightest and best in the horticultural world to help guide entrants.
Our people
Central to Arne's work as an international garden designer is his ability to identify and draw out the essence of a place, something that gives his gardens a particular quality of harmony and belonging. He has a collaborative approach to design and believes that to succeed, a garden must relate and respond to its surrounding landscape, its history and to the buildings within and around its confines, as well as to the needs of its owners. Arne is an RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal and Best in Show winning designer and is hailed by his profession as one of most important garden designers working today.
Mark is Chief Executive of Crocus and has worked with many of the top garden designers over the last 20 years, building over 30 Show Gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show and winning 29 Gold Medals and 11 Best in Shows. Between 2009 and 2019 he was a Trustee on the RHS Council as well as serving on the RHS Commercial Board, the Investment Board and the Nominations and Governance Board. He became a Vice-president of the RHS in 2019. He is currently the Chairman of the Garden Museum and a Trustee of the Chatsworth House Trust.
Alexandra is a Horticulturalist and was the RHS Chelsea Show Manager and then Head of Shows Development, from 2006 to 2014. During this time, she curated the horticultural content of the show overseeing hundreds of exhibits. She worked closely with designers, charities and sponsors to manage the complexities of exhibiting and help them realise their dreams.She is passionate about the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the opportunities it presents for designers and plantspeople to showcase their talents and the outstanding benefits it can provide for charities and sponsors. Alexandra is a Trustee of the Royal Windsor Rose and Horticultural Society.
Rosie started her journalistic career at the Sunday Times. In 1992 she launched and edited the award-winning magazine Gardens Illustrated leaving to become Curator of Chelsea Physic Garden in 2001. During that time she served on the Council of the Linnean Society and the Royal Horticultural Society where she is now a Vice-President. Rosie is a founder trustee of London Gardens’ Network; chairman emeritus of RHS Woody Plant Committee and Trustee of Great Dixter Charitable Trust.
RHS Chelsea attracts a huge amount of media interest. If the garden is selected for the show, the charity and designer will have the chance to promote their story to the media and work with the RHS press office to maximise opportunities. They will be invited to organise a photo call on the garden on press day and take advantage of the many other media opportunities available at the show. Any press activity should be coordinated in conversation with the RHS press office. Charities are encouraged to find interesting and creative ways to get their message across and the story behind the garden is often of interest to media.
Every applicant will need to submit a budget for approval. Each grant will be sufficient to cover the design and build of the garden. Funding may also be available for relocation of the garden after the show. Accommodation during build-up may be included but additional hospitality is not. Additional costs to be borne by charities will be advised by the RHS once the application is selected.
Project Giving Back is not an alternative to the RHS selection process. Our aim is to identify interesting designers, nurseries and horticultural groups and encourage them to apply. However, if you are successful in being selected by Project Giving Back, you will still need to apply to the RHS in the usual way.
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We will be looking for volunteer mentors to work alongside our advisory panel as soon as our Project Director joins the team in July. The mentoring scheme will be available to anyone who has received a grant or to any charity linked to a Project Giving Back garden or exhibit.
We're so pleased to be able to announce a new and unique organisation that will provide funding for gardens inspired by UK charities and not-for-profit organisations at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
We're so pleased to be able to announce a new and unique organisation that will provide funding for gardens inspired by UK charities and not-for-profit organisations at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
We're so pleased to be able to announce a new and unique organisation that will provide funding for gardens inspired by UK charities and not-for-profit organisations at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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