Trussell garden to feature at Chelsea Flower Show

Trussell’s ‘Together Garden’, designed by Rob Hardy, is inspired by people coming together through food banks to provide vital support and symbolises how together we can end hunger. 

At its heart is a dynamic water feature and seating area for both quiet conversations and communal gatherings. This is framed by a striking reciprocal timber structure symbolising how we all hold each other up. 

The planting uses engaging combinations of texture and colour, with verbascum, thalictrum and iris, to reinforce that sense of togetherness and show what’s possible when we all play our part to end hunger.

After the garden has featured at London’s Chelsea Flower Show in May 2026, it will be relocated to Strabane Foodbank.

This is the first time a Chelsea Flower Show Garden will be recreated in Northern Ireland, and we look forward to seeing how the local community will enjoy this beautiful showpiece for years to come. 

Strabane Foodbank Manager, Ursula Doherty, said: “We are so excited about the news that our beautiful garden design will feature at Chelsea and what it means for our community. We support a wide range of people at our food bank – last year we supported 1,200 with emergency food.

“Our community holds each of us in its arms when we need help – whether that’s putting food on the table or providing a listening ear. But that’s only made possible by hundreds of people coming together with a shared vision across a community – like local services, schools, volunteers and individuals. Our garden reflects that spirit, with diverse and unexpected planting combinations, coming together to create something beautiful and hopeful.”   

Millions of us want to see a future where no one needs a food bank to survive. Trussell’s garden will tell the story of how when everyone plays their part in building a strong, connected society, we can end hunger together.