This summer, the world of Brambly Hedge is delighted to be involved with a brand new event, the RHS Badminton Flower Show 2026.  Following on from our wonderful week at RHS Chelsea, our focus has moved out of London and into the countryside, with greater involvement for the younger generations.  We will be working alongside Westonbirt Arboretum to provide nature and book based activities in the family area, and have a chance to showcase our broad range of new items and artwork at our store in the tradestand area located at 515. 

The family area programme will range from colouring and creative based activities, to face painting, dressing up and a quiet reading area (with plenty of shade!) for those wanting a little peace. There will be readings from Summer Story in the family area over the weekend. 

We will be working alongside florist Millie Richardson once again to demonstrate how beautiful floral creations can be developed using British flowers in a sustainable way, and to show how the rich hedgerow patchwork of the British countryside can be the source of the flowers and foliage.  Millie will be designing the iconic RHS letters which will sit proudly by the lake, and these will be very much a continuation of her Brambly Hedge based designs at RHS Chelsea.  The RHS letters include roses kindly supplied by Peter Beales. Millie has also created an installation in the Family Area near the Lime Tree entrance, reusing plants, trees, and shrubs featured in our May 2026 RHS Chelsea installation. Come and say hello! 

In May 2026, the world of Brambly Hedge stepped beyond the page and into one of Britain’s most celebrated horticultural events, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

‘A visit to Brambly Hedge’, designed by floral designer Millie Richardson was brought to life with the flowers of Stokesay Flowers, adorning the Bull Ring Gate at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026. The installation paid homage to Jill Barklem’s remarkable talent as both a storyteller and an artist, recreating beloved scenes from her Spring and Summer stories through an abundance of fresh, seasonal, British-grown flowers and foliage, each one grown in England in a traditional walled garden. We believe this to be a Chelsea first.

Violets, cowslips and forget-me-nots emerged from the hedgerow, evoking the warm days when the mice step out to welcome spring. As summer unfolded, honeysuckle and wild roses, including rambler Rosa ‘François Juranville’ and English garden rose ‘Emily Brontë’, filled the air with sweetness, and thoughts turned to a very special occasion: Poppy and Dusty’s wedding.