Several charities have announced details of their involvement in next year’s Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)’s Chelsea Flower Show to raise awareness of their campaigning.

In many cases the charities' gardens will be used after the event to continue to support their beneficiaries.

Here are some of the charities taking part in the 2026 Chelsea Flower Show, which will run from 19 to 23 May.

Gynaecological cancers

Those to take part in the event include the Lady Garden Foundation, which campaigns to tackle stigma around gynaecological cancers.

Its garden is being created by RHS Gold medal winning designer Darren Hawkes and will be called the ‘Silent No More Garden’. The charity says it believes it is the first garden at the show designed for a gynaecological cancer charity.



The charity adds that it will feature forms and planting “that subtly echo the female body” and aims to “encourage open conversation” about gynaecological cancers, which claim the lives of 21 women each day.

“We want our RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden to challenge traditional taboos on a national scale so every visitor who sees our garden will stop in their tracks and understand how our design can provide the language, knowledge and confidence to be comfortable engaging in vital conversations about their ‘private parts’ - whether with a friend, family or medical professional,” said the charity’s co-founder and chair Jenny Halpern Prince.

Teenage Wellbeing

Another charity to showcase a garden to raise awareness at the event is The Children’s Society. Its garden is being designed by landscape architect Patrick Clarke and is focused on the UK’s “growing teenage wellbeing crisis”, according to the charity.

It is designed to offer young people a space “of hope, safety and connection” and to “pause, reflect and reconnect” and is inspired by the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, which finds beauty in imperfection and recrafts discarded items.

The charity explains: “Children and young people will step into a reimagined contemporary, urban-style site where discarded materials are re-crafted into sheltered, calm spaces combined with resilient, low-maintenance planting and sustainable design elements.

“The reclaimed and recycled materials are thoughtfully integrated throughout, creating a harmonious, eco-conscious space that feels both modern and purposeful and has wellbeing benefits for young people as they share stories, seek support or sit quietly within the garden.”



After the Chelsea Flower Show the garden will relocate to the charity’s youth support centre in Bedfordshire to become its first dedicated outdoor therapeutic wellbeing space for young people.

“Showcasing The Children’s Society Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a powerful opportunity to shine a light on the growing crisis in young people’s mental health and wellbeing,” said the charity’s chief executive Mark Russell.

“One in four 15-year-olds in the UK report low life satisfaction – the lowest rate across 27 European countries. We are facing nothing short of a ‘happiness recession’ among our teenagers, and it’s time we made their wellbeing a national priority.”

Healthcare support

Parkinson’s UK has also announced that it will have a show garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Called A Garden for Every Parkinson’s Journey it has been designed by award winning garden designer and TV presenter Arit Anderson and is being sponsored by funder Project Giving Back.



“This is a very special project, and I’m delighted to have been asked to create this garden for Parkinson’s UK – a charity that means so much to me and my family,” said Anderson.

The charity added: “Our garden’s joyful and inclusive design was inspired by a creative workshop that brought together gardeners living with Parkinson’s and their loved ones.”

Environmental awareness

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) is also among charities with a garden on show at the event. Its garden has been created to mark its centenary of campaigning to protect the countryside and has been created by award-winning designer Sarah Eberle. It is also sponsored by grant maker Project Giving Back.

The charity explains that the garden aims to showcase “nature’s resilience” and show that “overlooked landscapes can recover and thrive for future generations”.

It adds: “Set on land on the urban fringe cared for by a local community, the garden features a fallen mature tree carved into a guardian figure – Gaia or Mother Nature – that is still supporting life.

“Surrounded by generous, naturalistic planting, her hand touches water from a shallow pool while her willow hair flows to form the top of a dry-stone wall that snakes through the landscape.”

Following the show the garden will be relocated to a housing development in Sheffield.

‘By celebrating overlooked spaces on the edge of our towns and cities, we want our garden to be an injection of hope that helps people reimagine the countryside on their doorstep,” said CPRE chief executive Roger Mortlock.



Promoting green careers

The Eden Project will be marking its 25th anniversary with its ‘Bring Me Sunshine Garden’ at the Chelsea Flower Show.

The garden has been co-created with young people not in education, employment or training and is aimed at promoting pathways to green careers and developing their skills. Also involved in the design is garden designer Harry Holding and architect Alex Michaelis. It is another charity garden that has received funding from Project Giving Back.

The garden is also themed around Eden Project Morecambe, which is due to open in three years, and inspired by its coastal landscapes and seaside heritage. This includes using crushed cockles and steel-laced limestone in its sustainable design.

After the Show, the garden will be permanently relocated to Eden Project Morecambe, where it will be used as a classroom and community hub to promote the natural and cultural heritage of Morecambe Bay.



“In our 25th year, this garden reflects everything Eden stands for - connecting people with the living world,” said Eden Project chief executive Andy Jasper.

“It celebrates all that’s special about Morecambe and represents a town supported by the fusion of nature and technology.

“Best of all, this incredible space will be open to all and completely free for the people of Morecambe, and the millions who will visit every year.”

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