Great job raising the profile of temperate rainforests

British Rainforest Garden wins Silver Gilt Medal at RHS Chelsea Flower Show - The Wildlife Trusts

The Wildlife Trusts thrilled that debut garden enchants judges

The Wildlife Trusts, sponsored by Project Giving Back (PGB) and supported by the UK’s leading insurer Aviva, are celebrating the award of a Silver Gilt Medal win at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025.

This is the first time The Wildlife Trusts have exhibited at RHS Chelsea; the garden is a lush, mossy tribute to one of the UK’s most mysterious and forgotten habitats: the temperate rainforest that once swathed the western coasts of the British Isles.

Zoe Claymore, designer of the British Rainforest Garden, says: “I’m proud and delighted to have won a Silver Gilt medal at the Chelsea Flower Show. We have challenged convention of what a garden is and we’re celebrating the perfect-imperfect of nature. It was such an honour to show His Majesty, The King around our creation – he told me it was his kind of garden.”

Craig Bennett, chief executive of The Wildlife Trusts, says: “We’re absolutely delighted to have won such a prestigious medal at Chelsea. But more than that, we’re thrilled to see these magical, moss-laden rainforests finally getting the recognition they deserve. These are places of wonder – habitats that feel pulled from myth or folklore. Yet they’re real, rare, and right here in Britain. This garden is a love letter to them – and a call to help bring them back.”