The Resilience Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show showcases a sensational variety of plants and trees including a giant redwood, monkey puzzle, prickly pear cactus, red yucca, and ginkgo.

The centre piece is a seven metre tall grain silo, repurposed as the designer’s studio and adorned with a willow weaving by sculptor Tom Hare.

Areas of the garden include woodland, dry and damp zones, a pond and wildflower meadow. The plants and trees have been selected to thrive in different habitats, which mimic existing and probable effects of climate change.

The project, initiated by the William Robinson Gravetye Charity, is inspired by visionary horticulturist William Robinson. Robinson is celebrated for championing a wilder and more natural approach to landscape design, and experimented with native and exotic trees at Gravetye Manor.

The Resilience Garden forms part of year-long celebration of 100 years of forestry in Britain.

The Forestry Commission, established in 1919, is planting more diverse woodlands and trialling how different tree species fair in diverse climatic conditions. This includes sourcing seeds from between two and five degrees south of a planting site to ensure forests are resilient to climate warming.

Plant list

Small trees

Trees

Woodland planting

Dry zone planting

Damp or waterlogged planting

Meadow planting

Pond area planting