Tom Stuart-Smith: The blueprint of a Chelsea Flower Show garden - Episode 274

About this episode

Sarah Raven interviews garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith about his new garden for Tate Britain and his plans for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

In this episode of ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange’, Sarah Raven welcomes renowned garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith to uncover his visionary new garden for Tate Britain and how he’s reimagining it for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. They explore his bold, foliage-rich planting, ingenious water features, and a remarkable new memorial garden at Badminton that promises to be one of the RHS’s most ambitious show gardens yet. In this episode, discover: How Tom Stuart-Smith is transforming a neglected...

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Raven

Guest: Tom Stuart-Smith

Topics covered

• garden design
• Chelsea Flower Show
• planting techniques
• water features
• memorial gardens

Keywords

• garden design
• Tom Stuart-Smith
• Chelsea Flower Show
• Tate Britain
• planting
• water features
• memorial garden

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tate Britain, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Badminton

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