Photograph: The King's Trust Ambassador Joanna Lumley with stand designer Louisa Lazarowicz (Copyright Applegate Photography)
Burncoose Nurseries win Silver-Gilt at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025
After months of planning, designing and growing, the Burncoose Nurseries team were rewarded today with the news they have been awarded a Silver-Gilt Medal for their garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
In their 41st year attending Chelsea, and once again sponsored by generous supporters of The King’s Trust; Hand Picked Hotels. Burncoose used their garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show to showcase Burncoose classics, alongside planting examples from the temperate rainforest, pockets of which still exist in Cornwall today.
Visiting the stand on press day was King's Trust Ambassador, Dame Joanna Lumley. Joanna spent time with Louisa Lazarowicz from the garden design team and was excited to see many of the plants on show, including a very special display of Kalmia, flowering for the first time ever at Chelsea and the striking Calyeanthus Venus.
The garden highlights many species Burncoose has become famous for, including the very best in ericaceous plants, such as Azaleas and Rhododendrons. Visitors to the stand will also be able to see and gain gardening inspiration from lichen and mosses, alongside Cornus, Davidia and Paulownia.
Owner of Burncoose Nurseries, Charles Williams said: “It is great to return to Chelsea for our 41st year and to be celebrating the very essence of Burncoose. We are incredibly proud of our extensive catalogue of mail order plants available online and shipped around the world. Our garden this year brings us back to the core gardening favourites, and I am excited for people to see and be reminded of many of the classics.”
Supporters of The King’s Trust, Hand Picked Hotels, a unique collection of award-winning country house and spa hotels located throughout the UK and the Channel Islands, is sponsoring the Burncoose garden. Julia Hands, Chairman, said: “Burncoose is incredibly versatile. Every year they put on an amazing display. It is wonderful to see the 2025 garden showcasing some of Burncoose’s best varieties. As always, Burncoose provides endless inspiration for the gardens and estates across the Hand Picked Hotels properties, and as we continually improve our outdoor spaces across the group, I look forward to seeing the many rare and remarkable species that will be on display.”
The 2025 ilver-Gilt brings the Burncoose medal tally to 28 gold medals, 15 silver gilt medals, 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals.
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