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The 成人论坛 RHS People's Choice Award at Chelsea Flower Show 2024
...and the winner is!
Winner of the 成人论坛 RHS People's Choice Award 2024 - The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with The National Trust
Designed by Ann-Marie Powell with The Blue Diamond Team
Find out which gardens won the other People's Choice categories at the or scroll down to read about all the Main Show Gardens on display at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024...
Muscular Dystrophy UK 鈥� Forest Bathing Garden, designed by Ula Maria
The design of the garden is inspired by the ancient Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, or 鈥渇orest bathing鈥�, which means reconnecting with nature through our senses. The garden features a central hub with sculptural flint walls, a 40 tree birch grove and a water rill, providing a sheltered, social space.
St James鈥檚 Piccadilly: Imagine the World to be Different, designed by Robert Myers
The garden is inspired by the architecture of St James鈥� church following WWII and reimagines the space as a biodiverse garden only partially restored following its historic bombing. The rear garden features, a round, amongst the trees, appearing as a small 鈥榝olly鈥�, and is the new drop-in counselling 鈥榟ut鈥� designed for the St James鈥檚 gardens.
Stroke Association鈥檚 Garden for Recovery, designed by Miria Harris
The garden is designed as a sensory space for stroke recovery, utilising colour, scent and the sound of water to provide soft way-finding for those with visual or mobility impairments. Built into the garden are a wildlife pond and stream, stone bridge and hemp block walls.
Terrence Higgins Trust Bridge to 2030 Garden, designed by Matthew Childs
Telling a story of resilience, community and love the garden focuses on a future post-2030 with no new HIV cases. Granite boulders are scattered through the garden as well as steel and slate walls at the rear of the garden that enclose the terrace.
The National Autistic Society Garden, designed by Sophie Parmenter & Dido Milne
The garden explores masking, a strategy used by some autistic people to fit in and be accepted in society. 鈥楳asks鈥� of cork create a series of spaces dedicated to different types of social interactions, leading to an inner sanctuary; a sheltered, mossy dell.
The National Garden Scheme Garden, designed by Tom Stuart-Smith
Celebrating the National Garden Scheme鈥檚 nearly 100 years of opening private gardens to the public, this garden design features a carbon sink timber hut for visitors and garden volunteers to congregate in.
The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with The National Trust, designed by Ann-Marie Powell with The Blue Diamond Team
The garden celebrates National Trust founder, Octavia Hill who believed in everyone having access to green space. The space is divided into open air sitting rooms surrounded by wildlife friendly planting. Wide pathways alongside a stream lead to a wildlife hut at the end of the garden.
The WaterAid Garden designed by Tom Massey & Je Ahn
The WaterAid garden imagines what a UK garden might look like 50 years from now. It explores the challenges presented by an ever-changing climate. Key features include a rainwater harvesting pavilion, made with overlapping weathered steel sheets that filters and stores the water for drinking and irrigation.
