After The Show

People's Choice Awards

The results are in, and the RNLI garden came second in the BBC/RHS People’s Choice Award! Thank you so much showing your support for our garden and charity. Your vote has helped us raise awareness of our lifesaving work – we’re so grateful.

We've won gold!

We’re so excited to announce that our garden has been awarded a gold medal in the Show Garden category at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show! We’re so proud of our garden and the incredible lifesaving history and future it represents. It has only been made possible by passion, talent and kindness – the same qualities that have been powering our charity to save lives for almost 200 years.

A gold medal certificate awarded to the RNLI from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022.

In full bloom

Our beautiful garden is open! It’s amazing to see how all the planning and hard work has come together, producing a garden that celebrates our incredible heritage, while also looks to our lifesaving future.

The RNLI’s garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. There are lots of green plants with purple and white flowers on either side of a pathway.

The RNLI’s garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. There is a pavilion behind some green plants and trees.

The RNLI’s garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. A large urn is surrounded by purple and pink flowers.

The RNLI’s garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. A view inside the wooden pavilion, with a large lighting feature.

Special guests

With the show now in full swing, we’ve had some very special guests visiting and admiring our garden. See whose famous faces you can spot in these photos.

Amanda Holden and Lifeboat Crew Member Andy Mayo in our garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. — Amanda Holden and Chiswick Crew Member Andy Mayo in our garden

Craig Revel Horwood in our garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. — Craig Revel Horwood stood next to the pavilion in our garden

Lifeboat Crew Member Andy Mayo, Paul O’Grady and Esther Rantzen in our garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. — Chiswick Crew Member Andy Mayo with Paul O’Grady and Esther Rantzen in our garden

Louise Pentland and Anna Maxwell Martin in our garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. — Louise Pentland and Anna Maxwell Martin in our garden

Lifeboat Crew Member Andy Mayo and Vicky McClure in our garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. — Chiswick Crew Member Andy Mayo and Vicky McClure in our garden

Lifeboat Crew Member Andy Mayo, Imelda May and James Purefoy in our garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. — Chiswick Crew Member Andy Mayo, Imelda May and James Purefoy in our garden, with the Fisherman’s Friends in the background

Clare Balding and Lifeboat Crew Member Andy Mayo in our garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show — Clare Balding and Chiswick Crew Member Andy Mayo in our garden

Shirley Ballas and Lifeboat Crew Member Andy Mayo in our garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show — Shirley Ballas and Chiswick Crew Member Andy Mayo in our garden

Phillip Schofield in our garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show — Phillip Schofield in our garden

A fantastic performance by Fisherman's Friends

The Fisherman’s Friends, a singing group from Port Isaac, Cornwall, performed some fantastic sea shanties in our garden. Here’s a short clip of them singing at the show.

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People's Choice Awards

We've won gold!

In full bloom

Special guests

A fantastic performance by Fisherman's Friends

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