RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026
The Sightsavers Garden: We Start With Sight But We Don’t Stop There
A space designed for every sense and for everyone
Inspired by Sightsavers’ mission to protect sight, eliminate disease, and champion disability rights, this garden reimagines an intimate urban space as a richly layered haven alive with sound, scent and texture. Everyday materials, multi-sensory planting and a central turning circle designed for wheelchair users welcome visitors, inviting them to connect , and to imagine a more inclusive and sustainable world.
The planting has been carefully selected to be pollinator friendly, drought tolerant and to engage all of the senses. Visitors can enjoy the sensation of tactile foliage, breathe in or taste aromatic herbs, feel the warmth of sunlit brick, and listen to the sounds of wildlife and the gentle fall of water.
Planters are created from interlocking 3 hole everyday red house bricks - an innovative, cheap and sustainable design. The bricks are personalised by artists, staff and supporters symbolise resilience and collective strength. At the heart of the garden a corten-steel halo gathers rain, releasing it into a cooling pool that fills the space with a quiet calm.
The design team, from left to right:
Peter Karn (Barker Langham), Sarah Fisher and Janice Molyneux (Ostara Garden Design)
Our Partners
This garden is designed in collaboration with the brilliant design team at Barker Langham.
SIghtsavers and the Belonging Forum have made it possible to create this very inclusive garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026.
Legacy
The garden will be relocated to Chailey Heritage School where it will support the wellbeing of children and young people with complex physical disabilities alongside the wider community.