Record number of society members at RHS Chelsea 2017

The Society of Garden Designers (SGD) returns to RHS Chelsea again this year alongside 15 gardens from 16 members – a record number for the Society at the show.

Chelsea’s Eastern Avenue will be home to the SGD with an eye-catching stand designed to demonstrate the wide variety of design approaches offered by the Society’s registered members and practices.

The stand (EA 495) will allow visitors to view an array of members’ work on a built-in screen, wall poster displays and a portfolio within the exhibit. Registered members will also be available throughout the week offering informal design consultations to visitors.

SGD Members
The Society’s designers will be back in force at Chelsea this year taking up residence along Chelsea’s Main Avenue, in the Fresh and Artisan Garden arenas and among the new BBC Radio 2 ‘Feel Good Gardens’. In total, 16 SGD members will be exhibiting 15 gardens at the event including:

Show Gardens
James Basson MSGD – The M&G Garden (MA 320)
Tracy Foster MSGD – Welcome to Yorkshire (MA 321)
Andrew Wilson FSGD & Gavin McWilliam – Breaking Ground (MA 322)
Lee Bestall MSGD – 500 Years of Covent Garden (MA 326)
Darren Hawkes – The Linklater’s Garden for Maggie’s (RGB 2)

Fresh Gardens
Kate Gould – City Living (FR 72)
Manoj Malde – Inland Homes: Beneath a Mexican Sky (FR 74)
Jack Dunkley – The Bermuda Triangle (FR 87)
Ruth Willmott –  Breast Cancer Now Garden: Through the Microscope (FR 89)

Artisan Gardens
Sarah Eberle FSGD – Viking Cruises Garden (AR 560)
Catherine MacDonald – The Seedlip Garden (AR563)
Fiona Cadwallader MSGD – The Poetry Lovers Garden (AR 566)

Feel Good Gardens
Matt Keightley MSGD – The Jeremy Vine Texture Garden (RHW 288)
Tamara Bridge – The Jo Whiley Scent Garden (RHW 289)
James Alexander-Sinclair MSGD – The Zoe Ball Listening Garden (RHW 291)

Philippa O’Brien, SGD Chair said: “RHS Chelsea is one of the flagship events in the Society’s promotional caIendar and I’m delighted to see so many of our members bringing their creative talents and professionalism to the show again this year. We will be supporting them and all of our members, including our newly appointed registered practices, with a vibrant stand on Eastern Avenue. It’s a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate the value of working with a professional garden designer to thousands of engaged visitors.”