The Grant Horticulture Arts & Crafts Garden
RHS Flower Show Tatton Park 2024
The Grant Horticulture Arts & Crafts Garden is a celebration of architecture, planting, and craftsmanship, inspired by the enduring creative principles of the Arts & Crafts movement. Designed by our team to feel both grounded and contemporary, the garden explores the relationship between built form and landscape, where structure, materiality, and planting work together in quiet harmony.
Drawing on traditional craftsmanship, strong architectural lines, and carefully considered proportions, the garden demonstrates how historic design values can be reinterpreted for modern living. Structured layouts are softened by generous planting, creating spaces that feel purposeful yet welcoming — gardens designed to be used, enjoyed, and lived in.
At its heart, the garden champions integrity of materials, attention to detail, and thoughtful horticulture. Every element is considered, from the way paths lead the eye, to how planting frames views and evolves through the seasons. The result is a garden that feels timeless rather than trend‑led, rooted in tradition yet confidently forward‑looking.
For visitors and potential clients alike, the Arts & Crafts Garden offers insight into our approach to design: gardens shaped by context, craftsmanship, and a deep respect for both plants and place. If you are drawn to gardens with architectural clarity, rich planting, and enduring character, we would be delighted to discuss how these principles could inform your own garden.
Check out the garden on the BBC and RHS website
Learn more about the garden on our RHS show garden webpage here
See the garden featured on BBC Gardener’s World here
Hear about our garden and its inspirations on the RHS Podcast here
PLANTS LIST
PERENNIALS
Achillea ‘Terracotta’
Agastache ‘Little Adder’
Allium ‘Mount Everest’ (Seed head)
Allium ‘Summer Beauty’
Astrantia ‘Rosea’
Astrantia ‘Star of Beauty’
Crocosmia x crocosmiflora ‘Carmine Brilliant’
Crocosmia x crocosmiflora ‘Emily McKenzie’
Dahlia ‘Totally Tangerine’
Digiplexis ‘Firecracker’
Erigeron karvinskianus
Eryngium x zabelii 'Neptune's Gold'
Foeniculum vulgare
Geranium ‘Rozanne’
Hemerocallis ‘Little Missy’
Hemerocallis ‘Moonlit Masquerade’
Hemerocallis ‘Stella D’Oro’
Kniphofia ‘Poco Orange’
Leucanthemum ‘Banana cream’
Salvia ‘Amistad’
Salvia ‘Caradonna’
Salvia ‘East Friesland’
Sanguisorba ‘Tanna’
Scabiosa ‘Vivid violet’
SHRUBS & GRASSES
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Bronzeschleier'
Deschampsia cespitosa
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’
Molinia caerulea
Pittosporum ‘Tom Thumb’
Seslaria autumnalis
Stipa tenuissima ‘Pony tails’
Thymus officinalis
Thymus ‘Pink Chintz’
TREES, HEDGING, & TOPIARY
Carpinus betulus multistem trees
Taxus baccata hedging
Taxus baccata spheres
SPONSORS & COLLABORATORS
We’d like to thank our sponsors, partners and collaborators who have helped bring our garden to life.
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Urban Grow
Purveyors of the finest Gardening & Outdoor Living Paraphernalia.
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BALI
The UK’s leading landscaping trade association with over 900 accredited members.
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Mast Works
Good work by good people.
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Non-Standard
Contemporary hand-made designs rooted in traditional craftsmanship.
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Stained Glass Design & Craft
Stained glass artist and conservator, York, UK.
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Bridge St Stone
Natural stone paving suppliers including Indian sandstone, limestone and Yorkstone slabs in a range of colours and finishes for interior and exterior areas.
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Ketley Brick
Manufacturers of Staffordshire clay bricks, plain and patterned clay pavers, extruded brick slips, & traditional quarry tiles.
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Johnsons Nurseries
Supplying the nation with millions of quality plants and trees for over 100 years.
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Yorkshire Willow Baskets
Willow artist making woodland inspired baskets and garden ware.
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Paul Yates Light Plant & Tool HIre
Power tool, garden equipment and concrete tool hire, service and repair shop.
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CPA Horticulture
Nationwide bulk suppliers of play bark, mulch, woodchip as well as composts, aggregates and topsoil.
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1016 Developments
Renovation & Open Plan Living Specialists. Consultancy for sculpture construction.