Show gardens, balcony gardens, container gardens, floristry and other exhibits – the Chelsea Flower Show 2022 once again had a lot to offer and impressed all visitors with a variety of colors, flower and plant species. We'll introduce you to the highlights as well as the winners of the Gold, Best in Show and the People's Choice Awards. You're sure to find some wonderful inspiration for your own garden. Transform your garden area into a paradise with the help of our experienced experts!
In addition to numerous inspirationsoffered the garden showAbove all, an awareness of the environment and made it clear once again that gardening has a positive effect on mental health. As always, there were various categories, including a new one called “All About Plants”. The following designers were named winners of the Chelsea Flower Show 2022 this year:
- Best show garden: “A Rewilding Britain Landscape” by Lulu Urquhart and Adam Hunt
- Best Construction of a Show Garden: MEDITE SMARTPLY “Building the Future Garden” designed by Sarah Eberle and built by Mark Gregory's Landform Consultants
- Best Sanctuary Garden: “Out of the Shadows” von Kate Gould
- Best balcony and container garden: “The Still Garden” by Jane Porter
- Best All About Plants Garden: “The Wilderness Foundation UK Garden” von Charlie Hawkes
Unique inspiration from this year's garden designs
BBC Studios Our Green Planet & RHS Bee Garden
The naturalness combined with modern accents in this garden immediately catches the eye.Corten steel with its warm colorcreates a beautiful interplay with the green of the lush plants and the purple accents. The special thing about this garden design is that it is bee-friendly. This feature is underlined by the design, which is reminiscent of bee wings.
by Joe Swift
Bee-Friendly Design – The Meta Garden: Growing the Future
This attractive garden, which is particularly noticeable because of its pergola, is also connected to bees. Thishas a honeycomb patternand all in all it looks natural and modern at the same time. Meta Garden highlights the beauty and diversity of wood and how crucial it is to choose plantings based on nature to combat climate change. Another example from the Chelsea Flower Show 2022 where environmental awareness is on display. The designer received a gold medal for his project.
von Joe Perkins
Sculptural walls in the Mind Garden
This garden was designed by the designer for a mental health charity (“Mind”). What is striking is the naturalness that comes throughthe colorful meadow flowersis given. The garden is located on the edge of a forest and is given additional charm by the sculptural walls. The garden was awarded a gold medal.
by Andy Sturgeon
Oak Pavilion in the RNLI Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show 2022
This garden design, which was awarded a gold medal, also invites you to linger. Apaved garden path, surrounded by colorful and lush flowers, leads to an oak pavilion decorated with carvings and beautiful columns. The garden is bursting with rich planting and texture.
von Chris Beardshaw
Cottage atmosphere with wildflowers – A Rewilding Britain Landscape
The garden, which was awarded the best show garden and a gold medal, radiates romanticismVintage and cottage feeland is characterized by a shed and wild flowers and willows. The garden reflects a rich landscape.
by Lulu Urquhart and Adam Hunt
Sustainable garden design in the Brewin Dolphin Garden
This garden design from the 2022 Chelsea Flower Show is an eco-conscious landscape created through sustainability. More specifically, the designer renovated brownfield sites by...recycled materialsused. The idea is based on the fact that in the future a large number of houses in Great Britain will have to be built on brownfield sites if residents inherit such properties with poor soil conditions. A forward-thinking design for gardens that won a silver medal.
von Paul Hervey-Brookes
Colorful St Mungo's Putting Down Roots Garden in pink and orange
Orange and pink create a cheerful, summery atmosphere in the form of buckets,a modern pergolaand presented on the privacy walls. There is also a lot of greenery with blooming flowers - an area that is intended to bring people and plants together. The design was inspired by a program that helps formerly homeless people return to a normal life full of self-confidence through gardening. The design received a silver medal as an award.
von Cityscapes (Darryl Moore & Adolfo Harrison)
Beautiful, modern perennial garden at the Chelsea Flower Show 2022 – With Love
Gardens are a gift of love - this garden was designed according to this belief. Gardens bring joy not only to those who spend time in them to enjoy them, but also to those who create them. The design in this example stands out because of the color combinationGreen and whiteon – many plants such as hedges, bushes and lawns and garden paths as well as flowers in white shades. The shady trees are also striking, including hawthorns with straight-cut crowns. The beautiful garden combines a certain structure through modern elements with the naturalness of meadows.
by Richard Miers
Futuristic garden sculptures in the MEDITE SMARTPLY 'Building the Future'
This garden from the Chelsea Flower Show 2022 is located on the edge of a forest and is marked by a striking building. It is made of wood and other sustainable materials and, together with the other decorative elements, is intended to symbolize the sustainability of the future. The building ownsa green roofand is equipped with a waterfall that flows into a pool. These modern garden elements are combined with lush greenery of ferns, coniferous and deciduous trees and subtly blooming flowers. For the project, Eberle won the gold medal and the prize for “Best Building”.
by Sarah Eberle
Chelsea Flower Show 2022: Wellness pur in Out of the Shadows
The designer won the prize for the best wellness garden including a gold medal for this project. With the help of onemodern whirlpools, which is surrounded by tropical plants and flooring such as wood, stone and pebbles, it has created a perfect retreat where one can relax perfectly and well hidden.
by Kate Gould
Modern Garden House – Garden Sanctuary by Hamptons
The focus is on a modern, black garden house, which thanksthe large window frontoffers the perfect view of the garden. An elevated and attached terrace also allows for a small seating area right next to the cottage, which is surrounded by lush flowers. The terrace and house are elevated because they are surrounded by water. An undoubtedly natural garden design that offers all the conditions for perfect relaxation and has earned the designer a gold medal.
von Tony Woods
Swiss feeling in the garden at the Chelsea Flower Show 2022
The Swiss Alps can be viewed in mini format in this design, because it is precisely this landscape that the garden designer was inspired by. Rocks, a waterfall and a small pond combined with alpine andMediterranean flowerscreate a unique landscape in which you can simply feel good. The bronze medal was awarded to Gomm for her beautiful work.
by Lilly Gomm
Circle of Life with wooden water wheel
As the name of the garden suggests, this garden design is about depicting the circle of life, for which different means have been used. Both rustic andtypical Japanese elementsare to be found. The latter is marked, for example, by the water wheel. Waterwheels are the oldest method of generating energy, while their ability to spin is said to symbolize the transience of time.
von Yoshihiro Tamura
Sitting area in a tree stump – Connected
It probably doesn't even need to be mentioned that the oversized tree stump is the highlight of this garden. Of course, this is not a real tree, but this structure offers an unusual and, above all, natural-looking shelter with an open roof that allows light to penetrate. What is particularly interesting is the facade, which is very similar to natural bark. The forest landscape exudes peace and security and could hardly be more inviting. This design rightly earned its gold-plated silver medal at the Chelsea Flower Show 2022.
by EXANTE, designed by Taina Suonio
Ice sculpture at The Plantman's Ice Garden
This unusual idea with an ice sculpture in the center doesn't just have the purpose of attracting attention from a decorative point of view. It is also a reminder of the rapid rate at which polar ice is melting these days - more than twice as fast as in the rest of the world. The ice block has something else interesting inside, namely Tartar Catchfly, which was inspired by the discovery and subsequent germination of a cache of 32,000-year-old Silene seeds in 2012. For all the effort, the designer won a gold-plated silver medal.
by John Warland
Cirrus Garden for the balcony
Not everyone has their own garden, which is why the balcony was also given sufficient attention at the Chelsea Flower Show 2022. Jason Williams' balcony garden is sustainably designed and features a wide variety of species, designed to make life in the city calmer and more pleasant (we remind you that gardening is good for mental health, which should also benefit city dwellers). A small seating area is surrounded by wildflowers, perennials and evenedible plants such as herbsand vegetables. Even a fish pond adorns this small outdoor area - a true paradise for which this balcony garden won a gilded silver medal!
by Jason Williams
Chelsea Flower Show 2022: Silent Garden in pots
This time it is not Switzerland but Scotland that served as inspiration for a garden. However, this is a container garden with recycled and reconstructed whiskey barrels, which give the whole arrangement a special charm. The plants that were chosen are also typical of the Scottish highlands and islands. Of course, the interesting wall is also strikingInspiration for your own patio wallcould serve. It is slate stone that comes from a disused quarry. On the wall itself it should imitate a gorge. The design, which was named “Best Balcony and Container Garden”, also won a gold medal.
by Jane Porter
Mediterranean raised beds in the container garden – A Mediterranean Reflection
This modern and at the same time traditional-looking terrace area is Mediterranean and specifically inspired by Mallorca, with a special kind of pot design. Instead of free-standing containers, the designers used the current onespopular raised bedsand incorporated them into the terrace design. It is worth mentioning that the curvy shapes are intended to be reminiscent of the waves of the sea. An original bench on a small rock is framed by Mediterranean and drought-resistant plant species. They include succulents, grasses and other perennial varieties. A thoroughly successful and inviting garden design that earned a silver medal at the Chelsea Flower Show 2022.
by Tanya K Wilson & Johanna Norlin
