Jenny Rose Carey surrounded by roses at the Peter Beales Rose Stand at the 2026 Chelsea Flower Show

Main Show Gardens

The Chelsea Flower Show is held in London each May. I visit the show every year to see the latest trends, design ideas, and plants.

The Best in Show Garden at the 2026 Chelsea Flower Show designed by Sarah Eberle. It was called, ‘On the Edge’, designed to draw attention to the Campaign for Rural England. The garden is going to an urban area in Sheffield
Jenny Rose Carey visits the Chelsea Flower Show in London in May 2026. In this Blog she explains about a few gardens that she loved
Arit Anderson designed this stunning colorful garden to draw attention to Parkinson’s Disease and help garner support to help them. After the show it is going to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford
This Main Show Avenue included this beautiful garden ‘Bring me Sunshine’, for the Eden Project is going to Morecombe Bay in the North of England after the show

The King’s Garden

The King’s Garden designed by Frances Tophill mixed ornamental and edible plants. It celebrates plant diversity and how many jobs there are in plant-based industries
Gorgeous deep purple iris and an espaliered fruit tree against the wall
King’s Garden – crafts, and dried seeds and plants

Some of my Other Favorite Gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show 2026

Carey Design Studio produced this exquisite garden using sustainable materials – Addleshaw Goddard, Flourish in the City – Won Small Garden of the Year
Catherine MacDonald designed this sunken garden with an elegant canopy for Boodles

Six Signature Plants from the Chelsea Flower Show 2026

  1. Singles roses, that have excellent pollinator appeal, were a prominent feature in several of the show gardens
Frances E. Lester Single Rose

2. Foxgloves, Digitalis, had a moment in a variety of colors and heights

Foxgloves were a delight at the Chelsea Flower Show 2026

3. Verbascums like ‘Clementine’ were included in several gardens

4. Peonies – like this dark one, Buckeye Belle, was a hit – especially combined with purply pink Astrantia, and Cow Parsley – as seen on the Boodles exhibit – shown above

5. White Camassia

Camassia is native to the Pacific Northwest but looked great at the Chelsea Flower Show 2026

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Jenny Rose Carey at the Chelsea Flower Show 2026

Harriet de Winton @dewintonpaperco painted this impromptu painting of me as I looked at a garden
Jenny Rose Carey talking to a gnome at the Chelsea Flower Show 2026

Bye for now Gardening Friends, Cheers, Jenny Rose Carey

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