Gardens Illustrated: Chelsea 2025: A guide to The King's Trust Garden designed by Joe Perkins

Discover our full guide to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show King's Trust Garden designed by Joe Perkins

At a glance: Inspired by a volcanic environment, the garden highlights how seeds represent the potential for growth and hope for the future

“The garden is about seeds,” explains Joe Perkins. “They represent optimism, hope for the future and resilience - a nice parallel with the work that the King’s Trust (formerly the Prince’s Trust) does with young people.”

The garden is inspired by volcanic, rocky Mediterranean landscapes. “It's designed to be an immersive space,” says Joe. “Steps lead to a series of basalt paths that guide visitors past a sinuous sunken valley and a communal area and up to an intimate sanctuary space.” Screen-printed glass panels depicting various seed dispersal methods (symbolising social mobility) weave along one side of the garden, before forming a glass and steel canopy above the sanctuary. “If one of the panels broke, it would make things very difficult – I think there's a minimum of seven days to make a new one…” says Joe.

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