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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS Allotment Gardens on display: the No Time for Pain - Arthritis Garden. The No Time for Pain – Arthritis Garden shows how gardening can remain accessible and beneficial for people with arthritis. Split into an allotment and a relaxation area, it features raised beds to ease joint strain and herbs to soothe pain. With practical adaptations throughout, the garden promotes physical and mental well-being through inclusive, pain-aware design. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 19-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Horticultural Society’s Healer’s Hollow Garden. The RHS Healer’s Hollow Garden explores our deep-rooted connection with plants beyond beauty and food, celebrating their healing benefits. Set in a British woodland, the garden features a shepherd’s hut surrounded by native trees and beneficial herbaceous plants used for skin, digestion, and wellbeing. It highlights the tradition of plants for purpose while encouraging visitors to reconnect with nature and the B-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Gardens of Curiosity on display: the Woodland Edge Garden. Inspired by the rich biodiversity of woodland edges, this garden features handcrafted elements made from over 20 tree and shrub species. A living woven willow wall forms a secluded boundary, while naturalistic planting recreates sunny and shaded woodland habitats. A central bed with dry seed heads offers food for birds, celebrating nature’s beauty and promoting peaceful reflection. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 199-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Gardens of Curiosity on display: the Woodland Edge Garden. Inspired by the rich biodiversity of woodland edges, this garden features handcrafted elements made from over 20 tree and shrub species. A living woven willow wall forms a secluded boundary, while naturalistic planting recreates sunny and shaded woodland habitats. A central bed with dry seed heads offers food for birds, celebrating nature’s beauty and promoting peaceful reflection. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 199-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: the Golden Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres, big enough to fi-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Three Graces of Galicia Garden. This garden honours three influential 19th-century Spanish women – Rosalía de Castro, Emilia Pardo Bazán and Concepción Arenal – celebrating their literary, intellectual and naturalist legacies and Galician heritage. Romantic water features and winding paths evoke de Castro’s poetry, bold topiary and a vintage pavilion represent Pardo Bazán’s progressive vision, while a contemplative space reflects Arenal’s social justice work. Insp-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Three Graces of Galicia Garden. This garden honours three influential 19th-century Spanish women – Rosalía de Castro, Emilia Pardo Bazán and Concepción Arenal – celebrating their literary, intellectual and naturalist legacies and Galician heritage. Romantic water features and winding paths evoke de Castro’s poetry, bold topiary and a vintage pavilion represent Pardo Bazán’s progressive vision, while a contemplative space reflects Arenal’s social justice work. Insp-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Gardens of Curiosity on display: the Woodland Edge Garden. Inspired by the rich biodiversity of woodland edges, this garden features handcrafted elements made from over 20 tree and shrub species. A living woven willow wall forms a secluded boundary, while naturalistic planting recreates sunny and shaded woodland habitats. A central bed with dry seed heads offers food for birds, celebrating nature’s beauty and promoting peaceful reflection. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 199-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Three Graces of Galicia Garden. This garden honours three influential 19th-century Spanish women – Rosalía de Castro, Emilia Pardo Bazán and Concepción Arenal – celebrating their literary, intellectual and naturalist legacies and Galician heritage. Romantic water features and winding paths evoke de Castro’s poetry, bold topiary and a vintage pavilion represent Pardo Bazán’s progressive vision, while a contemplative space reflects Arenal’s social justice work. Insp-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: Wild Beasts: A Colourist's Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres,-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: the Golden Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres, big enough to fi-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: the Whiskers and Wildflowers Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: the Woman-to-Woman Garden. The Woman-to-Woman border honours female healers and the ancient oral tradition of passing down plant knowledge. Celebrating medicinal Lamiaceae, it explores the deep link between women, memory, and medicine. Inspired by the wild Mediterranean landscapes of Greece, Sicily, and Sardinia, the border weaves ancestral heritage and herbal wisdom once safeguarded by women in homes, temples, and villages. Hampton Court Palace-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: the Woman-to-Woman Garden. The Woman-to-Woman border honours female healers and the ancient oral tradition of passing down plant knowledge. Celebrating medicinal Lamiaceae, it explores the deep link between women, memory, and medicine. Inspired by the wild Mediterranean landscapes of Greece, Sicily, and Sardinia, the border weaves ancestral heritage and herbal wisdom once safeguarded by women in homes, temples, and villages. Hampton Court Palace-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS School Bug Barrels on display: Willow Bank Junior School, Pollinator Wonderland. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: Wild Beasts: A Colourist's Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres,-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Horticultural Society’s Healer’s Hollow Garden. The RHS Healer’s Hollow Garden explores our deep-rooted connection with plants beyond beauty and food, celebrating their healing benefits. Set in a British woodland, the garden features a shepherd’s hut surrounded by native trees and beneficial herbaceous plants used for skin, digestion, and wellbeing. It highlights the tradition of plants for purpose while encouraging visitors to reconnect with nature and the B-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: the Woman-to-Woman Garden. The Woman-to-Woman border honours female healers and the ancient oral tradition of passing down plant knowledge. Celebrating medicinal Lamiaceae, it explores the deep link between women, memory, and medicine. Inspired by the wild Mediterranean landscapes of Greece, Sicily, and Sardinia, the border weaves ancestral heritage and herbal wisdom once safeguarded by women in homes, temples, and villages. Hampton Court Palace-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Subaru Cocoon Garden. The Subaru Cocoon Garden is a contemporary walled garden inspired by the UK and Ireland’s temperate rainforests. Featuring a jali wall that filters light and houses insects, the garden includes cantilevered fallen tree trunks with epiphyte planting to demonstrate natural decomposition. A reflective water bridge marks the entrance, leading to an elevated path and peaceful seating, promoting biodiversity and echoing the rainforest's self-sustai-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Gardens of Curiosity on display: the Woodland Edge Garden. Inspired by the rich biodiversity of woodland edges, this garden features handcrafted elements made from over 20 tree and shrub species. A living woven willow wall forms a secluded boundary, while naturalistic planting recreates sunny and shaded woodland habitats. A central bed with dry seed heads offers food for birds, celebrating nature’s beauty and promoting peaceful reflection. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 199-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Three Graces of Galicia Garden. This garden honours three influential 19th-century Spanish women – Rosalía de Castro, Emilia Pardo Bazán and Concepción Arenal – celebrating their literary, intellectual and naturalist legacies and Galician heritage. Romantic water features and winding paths evoke de Castro’s poetry, bold topiary and a vintage pavilion represent Pardo Bazán’s progressive vision, while a contemplative space reflects Arenal’s social justice work. Insp-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Horticultural Society’s Vertigro garden. The RHS Vertigro Garden reimagines vertical planting in urban spaces, showcasing a dramatic living wall of climbers reaching towards the sun. Designed for polluted, warming cities, it highlights the role of vertical greenery in carbon capture and urban greening. With dynamic light, shadow, and movement, the garden explores the relationship between people, nature, and architecture in the modern urban environment. Hampt-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: the Whiskers and Wildflowers Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: Telling Stories, Making Memories: Lamiaceae and Olfactory Experience Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilio-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Royal Horticultural Society Swift Garden. The RSPB and RHS Swift Garden highlights the incredible journey of swifts and promotes wildlife-friendly gardening to support birds and insects. With vibrant planting, swift sculptures, and nesting box models, the garden shows how even small spaces can offer vital refuge. It encourages public action and demonstrates that beauty and biodiversity can thrive side by side. Hampton-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - The Wombles Community Charity, Bench Sculpture on display. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres, big enough to fit a football-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: the Whiskers and Wildflowers Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: Wild Beasts: A Colourist's Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres,-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: the Whiskers and Wildflowers Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS School Bug Barrels on display: Wimbledon Chase Primary School, Hedgehog Habitat Heaven. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Horticultural Society’s Healer’s Hollow Garden. The RHS Healer’s Hollow Garden explores our deep-rooted connection with plants beyond beauty and food, celebrating their healing benefits. Set in a British woodland, the garden features a shepherd’s hut surrounded by native trees and beneficial herbaceous plants used for skin, digestion, and wellbeing. It highlights the tradition of plants for purpose while encouraging visitors to reconnect with nature and the B-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Royal Horticultural Society Swift Garden. The RSPB and RHS Swift Garden highlights the incredible journey of swifts and promotes wildlife-friendly gardening to support birds and insects. With vibrant planting, swift sculptures, and nesting box models, the garden shows how even small spaces can offer vital refuge. It encourages public action and demonstrates that beauty and biodiversity can thrive side by side. Hampton-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: the Sundowner Garden. The Sundowner Garden celebrates relaxation with a drinkable garden featuring Lamiaceae plants for teas, cocktails, syrups, and aromatic waters. Inspired by the Tudor kitchen garden at Hampton Court Palace, it blends beauty and function with offset quadrants, gravel paths, deadwood structures, and a water source supporting wildlife. A tranquil sanctuary for cocktail lovers, tea drinkers, and gardeners to unwind and reconnect w-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS Allotment Gardens on display: the Memories (Fernleigh Hub) Garden. This vibrant allotment garden offers a glimpse into the meaningful activities at Fernleigh Hub, a community group supporting adults with learning disabilities. Saucepans tucked among the plants represent cooking sessions, while baskets overflowing with fruit and vegetables reflect the group’s gardening work. A window frame stands as a poignant symbol of memories made – and those yet to come – celebrating creativity, connec-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: the Sundowner Garden. The Sundowner Garden celebrates relaxation with a drinkable garden featuring Lamiaceae plants for teas, cocktails, syrups, and aromatic waters. Inspired by the Tudor kitchen garden at Hampton Court Palace, it blends beauty and function with offset quadrants, gravel paths, deadwood structures, and a water source supporting wildlife. A tranquil sanctuary for cocktail lovers, tea drinkers, and gardeners to unwind and reconnect w-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Royal Horticultural Society Swift Garden. The RSPB and RHS Swift Garden highlights the incredible journey of swifts and promotes wildlife-friendly gardening to support birds and insects. With vibrant planting, swift sculptures, and nesting box models, the garden shows how even small spaces can offer vital refuge. It encourages public action and demonstrates that beauty and biodiversity can thrive side by side. Hampton-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Horticultural Society’s Healer’s Hollow Garden. The RHS Healer’s Hollow Garden explores our deep-rooted connection with plants beyond beauty and food, celebrating their healing benefits. Set in a British woodland, the garden features a shepherd’s hut surrounded by native trees and beneficial herbaceous plants used for skin, digestion, and wellbeing. It highlights the tradition of plants for purpose while encouraging visitors to reconnect with nature and the B-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Oregon Garden. Inspired by Oregon’s diverse natural beauty, this garden celebrates the US state's commitment to regenerative tourism. Reflecting its forests, lakes, and campsites, the design evokes Oregon’s dramatic landscapes – from snowcapped peaks and river valleys to historic towns and fishing villages – offering a glimpse of what visitors can expect to explore in this richly varied and scenic destination. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Horticultural Society’s Vertigro garden. The RHS Vertigro Garden reimagines vertical planting in urban spaces, showcasing a dramatic living wall of climbers reaching towards the sun. Designed for polluted, warming cities, it highlights the role of vertical greenery in carbon capture and urban greening. With dynamic light, shadow, and movement, the garden explores the relationship between people, nature, and architecture in the modern urban environment. Hampt-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: the Whiskers and Wildflowers Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Flowers on display in the RHS Logo, this year commemorating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres, big enough to fit a f-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Subaru Cocoon Garden. The Subaru Cocoon Garden is a contemporary walled garden inspired by the UK and Ireland’s temperate rainforests. Featuring a jali wall that filters light and houses insects, the garden includes cantilevered fallen tree trunks with epiphyte planting to demonstrate natural decomposition. A reflective water bridge marks the entrance, leading to an elevated path and peaceful seating, promoting biodiversity and echoing the rainforest's self-sustai-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Flowers on display in the RHS Logo, this year commemorating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres, big enough to fit a f-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: the Sundowner Garden. The Sundowner Garden celebrates relaxation with a drinkable garden featuring Lamiaceae plants for teas, cocktails, syrups, and aromatic waters. Inspired by the Tudor kitchen garden at Hampton Court Palace, it blends beauty and function with offset quadrants, gravel paths, deadwood structures, and a water source supporting wildlife. A tranquil sanctuary for cocktail lovers, tea drinkers, and gardeners to unwind and reconnect w-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Horticultural Society’s Healer’s Hollow Garden. The RHS Healer’s Hollow Garden explores our deep-rooted connection with plants beyond beauty and food, celebrating their healing benefits. Set in a British woodland, the garden features a shepherd’s hut surrounded by native trees and beneficial herbaceous plants used for skin, digestion, and wellbeing. It highlights the tradition of plants for purpose while encouraging visitors to reconnect with nature and the B-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS School Bug Barrels on display: Stillness Infant School, Earth - Our Wonderland! Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square m-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS School Bug Barrels on display: St Pauls' C of E Primary School, Fabulous pollinators: Wonderland Fairground. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Flo-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: the Sundowner Garden. The Sundowner Garden celebrates relaxation with a drinkable garden featuring Lamiaceae plants for teas, cocktails, syrups, and aromatic waters. Inspired by the Tudor kitchen garden at Hampton Court Palace, it blends beauty and function with offset quadrants, gravel paths, deadwood structures, and a water source supporting wildlife. A tranquil sanctuary for cocktail lovers, tea drinkers, and gardeners to unwind and reconnect w-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS School Bug Barrels on display: Polehampton C of E Junior School, Time for Tea in Wonderland. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: the One Element Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres, big enough-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: the Sundowner Garden. The Sundowner Garden celebrates relaxation with a drinkable garden featuring Lamiaceae plants for teas, cocktails, syrups, and aromatic waters. Inspired by the Tudor kitchen garden at Hampton Court Palace, it blends beauty and function with offset quadrants, gravel paths, deadwood structures, and a water source supporting wildlife. A tranquil sanctuary for cocktail lovers, tea drinkers, and gardeners to unwind and reconnect w-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Horticultural Society’s Vertigro garden. The RHS Vertigro Garden reimagines vertical planting in urban spaces, showcasing a dramatic living wall of climbers reaching towards the sun. Designed for polluted, warming cities, it highlights the role of vertical greenery in carbon capture and urban greening. With dynamic light, shadow, and movement, the garden explores the relationship between people, nature, and architecture in the modern urban environment. Hampt-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Horticultural Society’s Vertigro garden. The RHS Vertigro Garden reimagines vertical planting in urban spaces, showcasing a dramatic living wall of climbers reaching towards the sun. Designed for polluted, warming cities, it highlights the role of vertical greenery in carbon capture and urban greening. With dynamic light, shadow, and movement, the garden explores the relationship between people, nature, and architecture in the modern urban environment. Hampt-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Horticultural Society’s Vertigro garden. The RHS Vertigro Garden reimagines vertical planting in urban spaces, showcasing a dramatic living wall of climbers reaching towards the sun. Designed for polluted, warming cities, it highlights the role of vertical greenery in carbon capture and urban greening. With dynamic light, shadow, and movement, the garden explores the relationship between people, nature, and architecture in the modern urban environment. Hampt-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Surrey County Council: Reclaiming Spaces, Creating Healthy Streets Garden. This garden reimagines parking spaces as green, resilient areas that connect communities with nature. It features three functional gardens: a Rain Garden with water-tolerant plants to manage road runoff, the Walton Garden with carbon-absorbing purple planting, and the Guildford Garden, designed to brighten urban space with vibrant colours. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: the Herbal Fortress Garden. The Natural Fortress Garden highlights the antimicrobial power of Lamiaceae plants. Shaped like a Petri dish, the design features bold floral ‘halos’ to represent how essential oils from these plants inhibit bacteria in lab tests. Surrounding planting mimics the forms and colours of pathogens under a microscope, offering a striking reflection on nature’s defences amid rising antibiotic resistance. Hampton Court Palace-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Surrey County Council: Reclaiming Spaces, Creating Healthy Streets Garden. This garden reimagines parking spaces as green, resilient areas that connect communities with nature. It features three functional gardens: a Rain Garden with water-tolerant plants to manage road runoff, the Walton Garden with carbon-absorbing purple planting, and the Guildford Garden, designed to brighten urban space with vibrant colours. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS Allotment Gardens on display: the No Time for Pain - Arthritis Garden. The No Time for Pain – Arthritis Garden shows how gardening can remain accessible and beneficial for people with arthritis. Split into an allotment and a relaxation area, it features raised beds to ease joint strain and herbs to soothe pain. With practical adaptations throughout, the garden promotes physical and mental well-being through inclusive, pain-aware design. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 19-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS Allotment Gardens on display: the Guerilla Garden. The Guerilla Garden is a hidden oasis of edible and ornamental plants, created by the Beaufort Secret Garden Club. Celebrating the beauty of fruit and vegetables, the garden features colourful, taste-safe plants for children to explore. Grown with an eco mindset, seeds were started in recycled milk cartons and compost made from leftover fruit at school. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Gardens of Curiosity on display: the Illusion 2050 Garden. This modern courtyard garden explores sustainable design and our future beyond 2050. A raised podium features a circular pool, pebble path, and riveted metal wall symbolising the fragility of technology. A steel human figure and miner-marked boulder represent humanity and nature. Surrounded by wildlife-friendly planting and mature trees, the garden invites reflection on change, resilience, and the role of gardens in a changing world.-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS School Bug Barrels on display: Muntham House School, Herbal teas and insect homes. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 squar-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS Allotment Gardens on display: the Memories (Fernleigh Hub) Garden. This vibrant allotment garden offers a glimpse into the meaningful activities at Fernleigh Hub, a community group supporting adults with learning disabilities. Saucepans tucked among the plants represent cooking sessions, while baskets overflowing with fruit and vegetables reflect the group’s gardening work. A window frame stands as a poignant symbol of memories made – and those yet to come – celebrating creativity, connec-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Surrey County Council: Reclaiming Spaces, Creating Healthy Streets Garden. This garden reimagines parking spaces as green, resilient areas that connect communities with nature. It features three functional gardens: a Rain Garden with water-tolerant plants to manage road runoff, the Walton Garden with carbon-absorbing purple planting, and the Guildford Garden, designed to brighten urban space with vibrant colours. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: the Garden of Simples. The Garden of Simples draws on medieval monastic healing gardens, celebrating the medicinal properties of the Lamiaceae family. Reflecting traditional monastic style and craftsmanship, it uses recycled, second-hand, or sustainable materials. Featuring willow hurdle-making and plants from local growers, the garden champions affordable, wildlife-friendly spaces that support insects, bees, and wildlife, while promoting upcyclin-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Royal Horticultural Society Swift Garden. The RSPB and RHS Swift Garden highlights the incredible journey of swifts and promotes wildlife-friendly gardening to support birds and insects. With vibrant planting, swift sculptures, and nesting box models, the garden shows how even small spaces can offer vital refuge. It encourages public action and demonstrates that beauty and biodiversity can thrive side by side. Hampton-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Gardens of Curiosity on display: the Illusion 2050 Garden. This modern courtyard garden explores sustainable design and our future beyond 2050. A raised podium features a circular pool, pebble path, and riveted metal wall symbolising the fragility of technology. A steel human figure and miner-marked boulder represent humanity and nature. Surrounded by wildlife-friendly planting and mature trees, the garden invites reflection on change, resilience, and the role of gardens in a changing world.-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Horticultural Society’s Vertigro garden. The RHS Vertigro Garden reimagines vertical planting in urban spaces, showcasing a dramatic living wall of climbers reaching towards the sun. Designed for polluted, warming cities, it highlights the role of vertical greenery in carbon capture and urban greening. With dynamic light, shadow, and movement, the garden explores the relationship between people, nature, and architecture in the modern urban environment. Hampt-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: the One Element Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres, big enough-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS Allotment Gardens on display: the Give Pain the Boot Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres, big enough t-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: the Herbal Fortress Garden. The Natural Fortress Garden highlights the antimicrobial power of Lamiaceae plants. Shaped like a Petri dish, the design features bold floral ‘halos’ to represent how essential oils from these plants inhibit bacteria in lab tests. Surrounding planting mimics the forms and colours of pathogens under a microscope, offering a striking reflection on nature’s defences amid rising antibiotic resistance. Hampton Court Palace-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Oregon Garden. Inspired by Oregon’s diverse natural beauty, this garden celebrates the US state's commitment to regenerative tourism. Reflecting its forests, lakes, and campsites, the design evokes Oregon’s dramatic landscapes – from snowcapped peaks and river valleys to historic towns and fishing villages – offering a glimpse of what visitors can expect to explore in this richly varied and scenic destination. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS School Bug Barrels on display: Hurst Park Primary Academy, Through The Garden Gate: Wonderland Awaits. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Ma-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Charleston 250 Garden. The Charleston 250 Garden marks 250 years since American Independence, blending the elegance of a formal English garden with Charleston’s historic charm. Inspired by the Preservation Society of Charleston, it features reclaimed brick, antique iron railings, water features, and a marble statue based on 'The Nymph' at Middleton Place. A replica Freedman’s Cottage and crushed shell mortar add authenticity and historical depth. Hampton Court Pa-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS School Bug Barrels on display: Stonegate C of E primary school, Art in Nature. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square me-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Gardens of Curiosity on display: the Illusion 2050 Garden. This modern courtyard garden explores sustainable design and our future beyond 2050. A raised podium features a circular pool, pebble path, and riveted metal wall symbolising the fragility of technology. A steel human figure and miner-marked boulder represent humanity and nature. Surrounded by wildlife-friendly planting and mature trees, the garden invites reflection on change, resilience, and the role of gardens in a changing world.-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: the One Element Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres, big enough-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS School Bug Barrels on display: Northfields School gardening club and eco-committee, Letchworth Ladybird Leisure. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Surrey County Council: Reclaiming Spaces, Creating Healthy Streets Garden. This garden reimagines parking spaces as green, resilient areas that connect communities with nature. It features three functional gardens: a Rain Garden with water-tolerant plants to manage road runoff, the Walton Garden with carbon-absorbing purple planting, and the Guildford Garden, designed to brighten urban space with vibrant colours. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Feature Gardens on display: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Royal Horticultural Society Swift Garden. The RSPB and RHS Swift Garden highlights the incredible journey of swifts and promotes wildlife-friendly gardening to support birds and insects. With vibrant planting, swift sculptures, and nesting box models, the garden shows how even small spaces can offer vital refuge. It encourages public action and demonstrates that beauty and biodiversity can thrive side by side. Hampton-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Flowers on display in the RHS Logo, this year commemorating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres, big enough to fit a f-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Balcony and Container Gardens on display: the One Element Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres, big enough-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: the Sundowner Garden. The Sundowner Garden celebrates relaxation with a drinkable garden featuring Lamiaceae plants for teas, cocktails, syrups, and aromatic waters. Inspired by the Tudor kitchen garden at Hampton Court Palace, it blends beauty and function with offset quadrants, gravel paths, deadwood structures, and a water source supporting wildlife. A tranquil sanctuary for cocktail lovers, tea drinkers, and gardeners to unwind and reconnect w-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Gardens of Curiosity on display: the Illusion 2050 Garden. This modern courtyard garden explores sustainable design and our future beyond 2050. A raised podium features a circular pool, pebble path, and riveted metal wall symbolising the fragility of technology. A steel human figure and miner-marked boulder represent humanity and nature. Surrounded by wildlife-friendly planting and mature trees, the garden invites reflection on change, resilience, and the role of gardens in a changing world.-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Oregon Garden. Inspired by Oregon’s diverse natural beauty, this garden celebrates the US state's commitment to regenerative tourism. Reflecting its forests, lakes, and campsites, the design evokes Oregon’s dramatic landscapes – from snowcapped peaks and river valleys to historic towns and fishing villages – offering a glimpse of what visitors can expect to explore in this richly varied and scenic destination. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: The Coastal Reflections Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres,-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Gardens of Curiosity on display: the Illusion 2050 Garden. This modern courtyard garden explores sustainable design and our future beyond 2050. A raised podium features a circular pool, pebble path, and riveted metal wall symbolising the fragility of technology. A steel human figure and miner-marked boulder represent humanity and nature. Surrounded by wildlife-friendly planting and mature trees, the garden invites reflection on change, resilience, and the role of gardens in a changing world.-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: the Garden of Simples. The Garden of Simples draws on medieval monastic healing gardens, celebrating the medicinal properties of the Lamiaceae family. Reflecting traditional monastic style and craftsmanship, it uses recycled, second-hand, or sustainable materials. Featuring willow hurdle-making and plants from local growers, the garden champions affordable, wildlife-friendly spaces that support insects, bees, and wildlife, while promoting upcyclin-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS Allotment Gardens on display: the No Time for Pain - Arthritis Garden. The No Time for Pain – Arthritis Garden shows how gardening can remain accessible and beneficial for people with arthritis. Split into an allotment and a relaxation area, it features raised beds to ease joint strain and herbs to soothe pain. With practical adaptations throughout, the garden promotes physical and mental well-being through inclusive, pain-aware design. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 19-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Gardens of Curiosity on display: the Illusion 2050 Garden. This modern courtyard garden explores sustainable design and our future beyond 2050. A raised podium features a circular pool, pebble path, and riveted metal wall symbolising the fragility of technology. A steel human figure and miner-marked boulder represent humanity and nature. Surrounded by wildlife-friendly planting and mature trees, the garden invites reflection on change, resilience, and the role of gardens in a changing world.-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Gardens of Curiosity on display: the A Garden of Two Tales Garden. A Garden of Two Tales invites curiosity and reflection, encouraging visitors to pause and question their surroundings. Inspired by the idea that people often judge before fully understanding, the design uses a journey across a water feature to lead into a secluded space. Ornamental installations and a thought-provoking layout inspire wonder and deeper engagement with the garden’s message. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival,-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Surrey County Council: Reclaiming Spaces, Creating Healthy Streets Garden. This garden reimagines parking spaces as green, resilient areas that connect communities with nature. It features three functional gardens: a Rain Garden with water-tolerant plants to manage road runoff, the Walton Garden with carbon-absorbing purple planting, and the Guildford Garden, designed to brighten urban space with vibrant colours. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Gardens of Curiosity on display: the Illusion 2050 Garden. This modern courtyard garden explores sustainable design and our future beyond 2050. A raised podium features a circular pool, pebble path, and riveted metal wall symbolising the fragility of technology. A steel human figure and miner-marked boulder represent humanity and nature. Surrounded by wildlife-friendly planting and mature trees, the garden invites reflection on change, resilience, and the role of gardens in a changing world.-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: The Coastal Reflections Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres,-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Gardens of Curiosity on display: the Illusion 2050 Garden. This modern courtyard garden explores sustainable design and our future beyond 2050. A raised podium features a circular pool, pebble path, and riveted metal wall symbolising the fragility of technology. A steel human figure and miner-marked boulder represent humanity and nature. Surrounded by wildlife-friendly planting and mature trees, the garden invites reflection on change, resilience, and the role of gardens in a changing world.-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: The Coastal Reflections Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres,-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS Allotment Gardens on display: the Hydrotherapy and Water Exercises for Pain Garden. This allotment garden celebrates the benefits of hydrotherapy for people living with arthritis. Designed around a swimming pool theme, it features blue and white flowers woven through edible planting to represent water. Three manikins, posed as if taking part in aquatic exercise, highlight the therapeutic value of water-based movement, while the garden itself promotes the importance of accessible, health-f-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the Show Gardens on display: the Oregon Garden. Inspired by Oregon’s diverse natural beauty, this garden celebrates the US state's commitment to regenerative tourism. Reflecting its forests, lakes, and campsites, the design evokes Oregon’s dramatic landscapes – from snowcapped peaks and river valleys to historic towns and fishing villages – offering a glimpse of what visitors can expect to explore in this richly varied and scenic destination. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS Allotment Gardens on display: the Hydrotherapy and Water Exercises for Pain Garden. This allotment garden celebrates the benefits of hydrotherapy for people living with arthritis. Designed around a swimming pool theme, it features blue and white flowers woven through edible planting to represent water. Three manikins, posed as if taking part in aquatic exercise, highlight the therapeutic value of water-based movement, while the garden itself promotes the importance of accessible, health-f-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the RHS Allotment Gardens on display: the Give Pain the Boot Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres, big enough t-stock-photo
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Opening day at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - one of the For the Love of Lamiaceae Gardens on display: The Hummingbird Haven: A Symphony of Movement and Colour Garden. Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, held since 1993, is the most prestigious flower and garden event in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest annual flower show. It takes 18 months to plan and arrange and offers an eclectic mix of beautiful gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, spread over 34 acres, either side of the dramatic long water lake. The largest pavilion, The Flora-stock-photo
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