The Sightsavers Garden: We Start With Sight But We Don’t Stop There - GardensDB Browse [ ![](/images/leaf_icon.svg) Gardens**DB** ](https://gardensdb.com) [ Gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) [ Shows ](https://gardensdb.com/shows) [ Studios ](https://gardensdb.com/studios) [ People ](https://gardensdb.com/people) [ Search gardens, designers, shows… ](https://gardensdb.com/search) [ Login ](https://gardensdb.com/login?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgardensdb.com%2Fgardens%2Fthe-sightsavers-garden-we-start-with-sight-but-we-dont-stop-there) [ Register ](https://gardensdb.com/register) [ ](https://gardensdb.com/search) Discover - [ Home ](https://gardensdb.com) - [ Gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) - [ Shows ](https://gardensdb.com/shows) - [ Events ](https://gardensdb.com/events) - [ 360° tours ](https://gardensdb.com/360-tours) - [ Trails ](https://gardensdb.com/trails) People & studios - [ People ](https://gardensdb.com/people) - [ Studios ](https://gardensdb.com/studios) - [ Books ](https://gardensdb.com/books) - [ Jobs ](https://gardensdb.com/jobs) Organisations - [ Sponsors ](https://gardensdb.com/sponsors) - [ Charity & non-profits ](https://gardensdb.com/charities) - [ Collectives ](https://gardensdb.com/collectives) - [ Companies ](https://gardensdb.com/companies) - [ Education ](https://gardensdb.com/education-institutions) - [ Nurseries ](https://gardensdb.com/nurseries) Account - [ Login ](https://gardensdb.com/login?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgardensdb.com%2Fgardens%2Fthe-sightsavers-garden-we-start-with-sight-but-we-dont-stop-there) - [ Register ](https://gardensdb.com/register) Discover - [ Home Today's highlights ](https://gardensdb.com) - [ Gardens Show gardens, catalogued ](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) - [ Shows Horticultural shows ](https://gardensdb.com/shows) - [ Events Festivals, courses & open days ](https://gardensdb.com/events) - [ 360° tours Step inside, long after the show packs up ](https://gardensdb.com/360-tours) - [ Trails Curated routes through the gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/trails) People & studios - [ People Designers, judges, growers ](https://gardensdb.com/people) - [ Studios Design practices ](https://gardensdb.com/studios) - [ Books Recommended reading ](https://gardensdb.com/books) - [ Jobs Roles in the industry ](https://gardensdb.com/jobs) Organisations - [ Sponsors Organisations that back the gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/sponsors) - [ Charity & non-profits Causes behind the gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/charities) - [ Collectives Groups & community projects ](https://gardensdb.com/collectives) - [ Companies Suppliers & contractors ](https://gardensdb.com/companies) - [ Education Schools, colleges & universities ](https://gardensdb.com/education-institutions) - [ Nurseries Plant suppliers & growers ](https://gardensdb.com/nurseries) [ Submit a garden ](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/submit) [ About GardensDB ](https://gardensdb.com/help) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/gardens/the-sightsavers-garden-we-start-with-sight-but-we-dont-stop-there/primary_image.webp?v=08fee197-dede-42fa-951f-1eea15cafdce) [Gardens](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) / [ RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 ](https://gardensdb.com/shows/rhs-chelsea-flower-show-2026) Container Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-bronze-medal/icon.webp) Bronze Medal The Sightsavers Garden: We Start With Sight But We Don’t Stop There ===================================================================== Designed by Peter Karn, Sarah Fisher, Janice Molyneux At a glance Show RHS Chelsea Flower Show Year 2026 Category Container Garden 360° Tour Plant List Small Show Garden About this garden The story ----------- A sensory sanctuary where thoughtful, innovative design invites us to experience how inclusion, accessibility and belonging benefit 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. Simple materials, multi-sensory planting and a central turning circle designed for wheelchair users welcome all visitors, inviting them to slow down, pause, connect, and to imagine a more inclusive and sustainable world. Brush against textured foliage, breathe in aromatic herbs, feel the warmth of sunlit brick, and listen to the gentle fall of water. Planters and walls, built from interlocking three-hole bricks personalised by artists, staff, and supporters, symbolise growth, resilience and collective strength. At the heart, a corten-steel water halo gathers rain, releasing it into a cooling pool that fills the space with a quiet calm. Immersive, welcoming, and restorative, the garden celebrates how inclusive design can enrich everyday life and inspire change. Award Recognition ------------- - ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-bronze-medal/icon.webp) Bronze Medal RHS The people behind it Designers ----------- - [ PK Peter Karn Designer ](https://gardensdb.com/people/peter-karn) - [ SF Sarah Fisher Designer ](https://gardensdb.com/people/sarah-fisher) - [ JM Janice Molyneux Designer ](https://gardensdb.com/people/janice-molyneux) Step inside 360° tour ----------- Loading panorama... Unable to load panorama tour. Click and drag to look around, click hotspots or arrows to move. Scroll to zoom. Tap and drag to look around, tap hotspots or arrows to move. Pinch to zoom. Photography Gallery --------- ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/41ecb89a-ad28-4b8f-becd-23ff02026f34/conversions/The-Sightsavers-Garden-2026-05-19-at-09.48.56-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7689d64b-0db9-4426-867a-2c7d08f055f0/conversions/The-Sightsavers-Garden-2026-05-19-at-09.48.54-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/86728105-ecd7-4023-bf89-4e6a1a7cfb6d/conversions/The-Sightsavers-Garden-2026-05-19-at-09.48.52-(1)-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/b2804cad-b867-444c-a34f-6f215af84d3c/conversions/The-Sightsavers-Garden-2026-05-19-at-09.48.52-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/92c45512-b03d-4b83-b94d-15443e8bec6f/conversions/The-Sightsavers-Garden-2026-05-19-at-09.48.54-(1)-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a86c21d3-a522-4779-b5ae-427fd7037692/conversions/IMG_2413-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/63073509-f575-4015-87e5-7a7323e76215/conversions/IMG_2415-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/f49e937b-8eec-478d-b24f-494b7a732e19/conversions/IMG_2416-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/370f3b1f-988b-46af-82f7-73f561281327/conversions/IMG_2417-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6062e91b-fabf-49f5-8b25-b3b8b364f802/conversions/8DFBA7D8-D64D-4C1B-B727-B42C065ED741_1_105_c-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/e27e5167-08e1-47b5-b004-cba4967c34db/conversions/5B4893BA-3D31-468D-BD98-1F6F70E3282D_1_105_c-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/f169e716-1d25-4630-99cc-969dffc0c972/conversions/1EFB25D6-6584-45BA-B8EB-473D5A0C8706_1_102_o-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/9512b2ca-2087-4b29-a126-b3ad85026188/conversions/The-Sightsavers-Garden-2026-05-19-at-09.48.51-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/5d48aefd-c207-4f9b-8107-f39959b3fd1e/conversions/The-Sightsavers-Garden--We-Start-With-Sight-But-We-Don’t-Stop-There-gallery.webp) ![]() / Photo: Planting Plant list ------------ Click on a plant to enlarge or purchase. ![Allium schoenoprasum](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/ebd6eaab-9a7b-494d-86cc-356e954a96db/conversions/allium-schoenoprasum-thumbnail.webp) Allium schoenoprasum ![Briza media](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/9a9ca348-e72c-4c93-9395-66e540c5649b/conversions/briza-media-thumbnail.webp) Briza media ![Stachys byzantina](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/49116fb9-c852-4453-8e55-4019f1cb031b/conversions/stachys-byzantina-thumbnail.webp) Stachys byzantina ![Thymus serpyllum](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/e6c5e228-7b21-456d-9355-86de4e8fd5c3/conversions/thymus-serpyllum-thumbnail.webp) Thymus serpyllum ![Verbascum phlomoides 'Clementine'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/daeea6bb-c7bf-4358-b814-fe00da7b98f4/conversions/verbascum-clementine-thumbnail.webp) Verbascum phlomoides 'Clementine' ![]() Buy this plant → Brought to life by Organisations --------------- ### Landscaper 1 - [ ![Castle Landscapes](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/companies/castle-landscapes/logo.webp) Castle Landscapes ](https://gardensdb.com/companies/castle-landscapes) ### Plant Provider 1 - [ ![Bernhard's Nurseries](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/nurseries/bernhards-nurseries/logo.webp) Bernhard's Nurseries ](https://gardensdb.com/nurseries/bernhards-nurseries) ![](/images/leaf_icon.svg) Gardens**DB** The world's largest collection of show gardens online, kept free, kept current, and shaped by the community that uses it. 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