- Chelsea Flower Show gardens are increasingly designed with a lasting legacy in mind, ensuring their relocation and repurposing after the event rather than being dismantled.
- The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) actively champions this sustainable approach, with Project Giving Back, funded by anonymous philanthropists, mandating relocation for charity gardens since 2022, a requirement extended to all gardens from 2023.
- These relocated gardens find new homes in diverse settings, including hospitals, health services, charity organisations, community growing spaces, and areas for nature, often transforming previously underutilised sites.
- Core Arts, a mental health charity in London, received a Chelsea garden that significantly kickstarted their community garden project, providing a therapeutic space for skill development, social connection, and engagement with nature for its service users.
- Further examples include the Down’s Syndrome Scotland garden, destined for Palacerigg Country Park to support people with learning disabilities, and the Mind-in-Furness garden, which transformed a derelict site into a vital therapeutic hub for mental health support.
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