Award Winning Excellence: HTA and APL Members Triumph at RHS Chelsea 2025

20 May 2025 

Members of the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) have once again demonstrated excellence at the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025, bringing home top honours and showcasing world-class horticultural talent. 

Top Plant Awards 

• RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2025: Hillier Nurseries and Garden Centres wowed judges with Philadelphus PETITE PERFUME PINK (‘P1’). 
• Second Place: Fairweathers Nursery with the distinctive Hosta ‘Silly String’. 

Garden Medals – A Gold Rush for APL Members 

• GOLD:
  • Gadd Brothers Trees & Landscapes – ‘Boodles Raindance Garden’ (with Lawn and Border Landscapes) 
  • Acacia Gardens – ‘Garden of the Future’
  • Landform Consultants – ‘Killick and Co Save for a Rainy Day Garden’
  • Ryan Alexander Associates – ‘The Glasshouse Garden’
  • Frogheath Landscapes – ‘Seawilding’ (also awarded Best All About Plants Garden) 
• SILVER-GILT:
  • Landform Consultants – ‘The Hospitalfield Arts Garden’ 
  • JJH Landscapes – ‘Tackle HIV: Challenging Stigma Garden’ 
  • Frogheath Landscapes – ‘The Wildlife Trusts’ British Rainforest Garden’
  • Fenton Garden Ltd – C6 
• SILVER:
  • Big Fish Landscapes – ‘Children with Cancer UK, a place to be...’ 

Floral Pavilion Highlights 

•  GOLD:
  • The Blue Diamond Group – a diverse showcase of herbaceous plants, roses, alpines, specimen trees, and houseplants
  • Raymond J Evison Ltd – Clematis (also awarded Best Exhibit in the Great Pavilion)
  • Taylors Bulbs – Narcissus 
•  SILVER-GILT: 
  • Burncoose Nurseries
  • Glendoick Gardens Ltd 
  •  Frank P Matthews
• SILVER: 
  • Kernock Park Plants 

Best GreenSTEM Exhibit 

• Animal and Plant Health Agency – with plant support from Provender Nurseries 

5 star trade awards for APL members

• Garden House Design supported by Surrey Hills Landscape and Design, Bushy Business and Surrounding Counties – Garden House Design Trade Stand
• Holland Green Landscapes and Morgan and Oates – Blue Forest Tree Houses
• Hardwood Landscapes supported by Adam Vetere, Bryan Halliday and Katherine Lee Garden Design – David Harbour

Congratulations to all of our HTA and APL members.