These are the top trends at RHS Hampton Court 2024. They are the ideas that I think translate best to real gardens.
Many show gardens are created to stimulate debate or make a point. They are gorgeous. And stimulating debate and making a point are both worthwhile.
But sometimes it can be hard to see how a show garden would work in our own backyard.
However, even those which don’t look anything like your garden often have ideas in them that you can use.
Raised beds are the new container gardening
It’s easier to grow a group of plants in a raised bed than it is to look after a whole load of pots. And with a new generation of renting gardeners, a raised bed can also be moved, albeit with some effort.
So the raised bed has been elevated from allotment staple to design trend. This has been growing in popularity for a few years, but was very much in evidence at RHS Hampton Court 2024.
At the Association of the Professional Landscapers garden, there was a painted raised bed, a corten steel raised bed and a raised bed pond.
Mixed pavers, pebbles, gravel and brick
The patchwork paving effect is one of the most attractive trends of today. It’s economical, because you can mix a cheaper and more expensive hard landscaping material.
And it helps with run-off or flash flooding. If you pave over an entire back yard, then all rainwater goes into the drains. When thousands of houses do the same, the drains fill very quickly in a storm, and that causes flash flooding.
If you mix pebbles, brick and gravel, then more rain can seep into the ground, helping to prevent over-full drains.
One of the most beautiful gardens at RHS Hampton Court 2024 was the RHS Money Saving Garden by Anya Lautenbach and Jamie Butterworth. Anya’s book The Money Saving Gardener
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