The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024

The AP Chelsea Team, Day 2

Our Chelsea Explorer Garden

The Chelsea Flower Show stands as a beacon of horticultural excellence, drawing exhibitors and enthusiasts from around the globe. This year, we had the last-minute opportunity to participate as exhibitors, showcasing our garden design services.

“Our incredible team were able to build our garden in only 2 days, which is a great example of how we love to work, fast, organically and plan for an immediate result but with a strong emphasis on considering the garden’s maturing feel.”

Guy Watts

5 Star Rating

Achieving a five-star rating is a pinnacle of success at the Chelsea Flower Show. Our garden, designed by Amy and Guy, a blend of innovative design, tropical fusion and sustainable practices was designed to inspire and captivate. Our team’s hard work and creative vision paid off, as the garden resonated with both judges and visitors alike. The creation of wonderful places using plants is threaded through everything we do. It’s in the choice of plants we grow, the way we present them on the nursery, the advice we dispense and the ideas we propose every day.

Our Chelsea Garden
Our 5 star award

Architectural Plants is about shape – an obsession with the sculptural qualities of plants, where strong, eye-catching outlines, delicious textures and combined shades of green rule. Much air is consumed on the subject of garden design and the implication is clear: all you need for a great garden is a great design – one based on bold ideas, sound principles and a high degree of coherence.

As we look to the future, we are inspired to build on this success, continually striving to create gardens that are evolving spaces that inspire people. In fact, in our opinion, nobody ever created anything of interest by being timid. Being bold – massive swathes of the same plant, rows, avenues, stilted hedges, planting trees that get ‘too big’ and plants in the ‘wrong’ place – requires, we admit, a degree of recklessness, courage and confidence. If you feel you may be positively predisposed to such a concept, we can help. Our job is to encourage people to do interesting things with their gardens.

Our honoured guests
Our AP traffic light system

One of the most rewarding aspects of the Chelsea Flower Show was the opportunity to engage with our lovely customers and create new connections. The genuine interest and admiration expressed by visitors was incredibly motivating. Many took the time to ask questions about plant selection and design choices.

Our plants beautifully arranged at John O’Connor Sculptor
Tina & Sophie in the Bridgeton Garden admiring our plants.

In addition to engaging with visitors, the Chelsea Flower Show provided an excellent platform for networking with fellow exhibitors and we were eager to search for our plants in The Addleshaw Goddard Junglette Garden and The Freedom For Torture Garden, ‘A Sanctuary for Survivors’.

The Chelsea Flower Show was a remarkable week and we are immensely proud to have been a part of it. We thank all the organisers, our fellow exhibitors, and all the wonderful visitors who made this experience truly special. We look forward to continuing our journey, inspired by the beauty and potential of the gardens we create and eagerly anticipate our participation in future events.

NEXT BLOG

Look out for our next blog: ‘Goodwood Revival 2024’ But in the meantime, take a look at our Garden Design page for inspiration or browse our online shop