Exhibitors go through a rigorous selection process, including; submitting a design and brief, being interviewed by RHS judges and engaging in further discussion and feedback. Exhibitors typically hear they have been selected in September and nine months later are standing beside their finished gardens in London SW3.

Since 2016 Langdale Landscapes have been honoured to build four gardens for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, three trade gardens and one show garden. All were located on the Show’s Main Avenue and all were recognized with RHS Awards.

Renowned, award-winning sculptor David Harber first approached Langdale Landscapes to build his trade garden for Chelsea in 2016. The 12m x 10.5m garden was cleverly designed by good friend and colleague Nic Howard at We Love Plants, who ingeniously incorporated water features, walls, hedging, paving, an oak framed structure, mature trees and 15 sculptures on the compact plot!

Bringing the spectacular design to life involved six months of detailed planning by Langdale Landscapes and then relocating one of our teams to London for the three week build time. This garden broke the mould for trade gardens at Chelsea and won Best in Category. The winning formula was repeated in 2017 when the David Harber, Nic Howard and Langdale Landscapes garden won the Director General’s Award. The 2018 garden was the most photographed at Chelsea and frequently used as the setting for TV interviews with visiting celebrities as well as a location for BBC weather reports! A photograph of the garden was the header of the RHS 2019 calendar!

In 2023 Langdale Landscapes were delighted to build a bigger, 12 x 20m RHS garden again for David Harber but this time working with New York designer James Doyle. The garden was judged to be 5 star by the RHS.

All of the Chelsea gardens built by Langdale Landscapes took a piece of Kent to London, using flowers and shrubs produced locally by How Green Nurseries in nearby Hever.