A huge feature garden is being planned by world-renowned garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith and there will be a surprising appearance from a popstar at RHS Badminton 2026

Published: June 8, 2026 at 12:40 pm

Award-winning designer Tom Stuart-Smith is to design the RHS's largest ever feature garden at the new RHS Badminton Flower Show in July this year.

Following his gold medal-winning garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year for Tate Britain, Tom Stuart-Smith will take on the 2,400m2 feature garden at Badminton. The Julia Rausing Garden will be the largest garden ever seen at an RHS show and will celebrate the life and work of philanthropist Julia Rausing.

The huge garden is the equivalent to nine Wimbledon tennis courts and will feature a central terrace and fountain , woodland edge planting, a dry meadow of drought tolerant perennials, a wildflower meadow with lime trees and beehive.…