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   ![A naturalistic garden filled with pink, yellow, and white flowering perennials, featuring white sculptural butterflies and large natural boulders.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/bdfb9a53-6806-4660-8332-368c9e41b4c5/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp)

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  All About Plants   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-gold-medal/icon.webp) Gold Medal 

 The Talitha Arts Garden 
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 Designed by Joe Carey, Laura Carey 

 At a glance

  Show RHS Chelsea Flower Show 

 Year 2023 

 Category All About Plants 

       Plant Lists   

  Large Show Garden  

 Photo: Royal Horticultural Society 

  About this garden

 The story 
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 The garden is a celebration of the creative arts and their therapeutic power to restore the lives of those who have suffered trauma. 250 handmade white porcelain butterflies, created by ceramicist Naoko Tagai, pour from a large sculpted chrysalis, made by stone carver Teucer Wilson. This illustrates the sanctuary that Talitha Arts provides, and the transformational power of their creative workshops. The garden unites sculpture, performance and planting - representing the wide spectrum of therapeutic arts. A minimalist palette of two main colours conveys the delicate moment between darkness (trauma) and light (transformation). The garden has been designed from the relocation plan, backwards. The techniques and materials used have been selected in order to benefit the relocated, permanent garden which will be will be at St. Margaret’s House community centre in Bethnal Green, London. 

  Awards

 Recognition 
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- ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-gold-medal/icon.webp) 

     Gold Medal 

     RHS
- ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-best-all-about-plants-garden/icon.webp) 

     Best All About Plants Garden 

     RHS

  The people behind it

 Designers 
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- [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/joe-carey/profile_photo.webp) 

    Joe Carey

    Designer

    Carey Garden Design Studio

     ](https://gardensdb.com/people/joe-carey)
- [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/laura-carey/profile_photo.webp) 

    Laura Carey

    Designer

    Carey Garden Design Studio

     ](https://gardensdb.com/people/laura-carey)

  Photography

 Gallery 
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  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/bdfb9a53-6806-4660-8332-368c9e41b4c5/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp)   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/cb6f6692-d727-46cf-a166-ba261d9200f3/conversions/image_1-gallery.webp)   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6c87fb7a-aac5-42b3-a50e-9c2c0915e738/conversions/image_2-gallery.webp)   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/8ee0df5b-1bc8-4a91-85d6-56d1c0573758/conversions/image_3-gallery.webp)   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/16bfc34b-c893-4043-8db5-6c7e0db7d7a2/conversions/image_4-gallery.webp)   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7767acef-38d5-4087-aef1-0545144667d1/conversions/mqdefault-gallery.webp)        Talitha Arts Garden - Episode 1    ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a9dd3bf9-8ed8-4ce8-bcbd-4625b02328b4/conversions/mqdefault-gallery.webp)        Talitha Arts Garden - Episode 2   

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  Planting

 Plant lists 
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###  Key Plants 4 

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/c15676eb-40f1-47e5-89b8-0d77c7ad0375/conversions/aquilegia-buergeriana-thumbnail.webp) 

Aquilegia buergeriana

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7a7714c4-461a-4322-99cb-fd1890ede667/conversions/enkianthus-campanulatus-thumbnail.webp) 

Enkianthus campanulatus

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/d7b6baa0-7b19-475f-93f3-076418ccc0d5/conversions/nectaroscordum-siculum-thumbnail.webp) 

Nectaroscordum siculum

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7bfa6e84-41b4-45f6-a26e-f338589038d2/conversions/prunus-serrula-thumbnail.webp) 

Prunus serrula

###  Full List 49 

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/ea9532a7-7ef7-4d44-8ebf-9128fdd3ef0f/conversions/acer-palmatum-atropurpureum-thumbnail.webp) 

Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/019dcb3f-f0eb-46d4-9fd3-ecbe32ff700c/conversions/ajuga-reptans-choc-ice-thumbnail.webp) 

Ajuga reptans 'Choc Ice'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/b96a5c54-9cc1-4eab-a9c6-710db5d78100/conversions/ajuga-reptans-rosea-thumbnail.webp) 

Ajuga reptans 'Rosea'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/844cebb8-359a-4045-b4c8-f04241b02154/conversions/albiflorumathyrium-niponicum-f-metallicum-thumbnail.webp) 

Athyrium niponicum 'Athyrium niponicum f. metallicum'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/76e4449b-0de6-49b2-8ee1-59df732f63d5/conversions/anthriscus-sylvestris-ravenswing-thumbnail.webp) 

Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/c15676eb-40f1-47e5-89b8-0d77c7ad0375/conversions/aquilegia-buergeriana-thumbnail.webp) 

Aquilegia buergeriana

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/030334ef-f7f0-4299-9f8f-4ecbdfacd654/conversions/aquilegia-vulgaris-heidi-thumbnail.webp) 

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Heidi'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/cb155542-6c6a-4fd5-a1d0-68a9bd1a2efe/conversions/asarum-europaeum-thumbnail.webp) 

Asarum europaeum

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/d699b665-0df9-4a20-8cce-66baec49b6db/conversions/begonia-grandis-claret-jug-thumbnail.webp) 

Begonia grandis 'Claret Jug'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/e136c64f-9d11-4ec9-873f-58dcd02f64a5/conversions/blechnum-spicant-thumbnail.webp) 

Blechnum spicant

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/35daff85-c040-401c-b46c-c7fe758e64a7/conversions/brunnera-betty-bowring-thumbnail.webp) 

Brunnera macrophylla 'Betty Bowring'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/e9eb7b0a-3536-41d3-b108-a804a172eb05/conversions/camassia-leichtlinii-alba-thumbnail.webp) 

Camassia leichtlinii 'Alba'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/75f5e5d2-febe-4e25-9f0d-294da657097e/conversions/cardamine-pratensis-thumbnail.webp) 

Cardamine pratensis

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/69db4601-7d99-4c61-867e-802974aa6b06/conversions/cenolophium-cespitosa-thumbnail.webp) 

Cenolophium rigens

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/fea4efcb-e208-4337-8ddc-23ac596851b3/conversions/cercidiphyllum-japonicum-thumbnail.webp) 

Cercidiphyllum japonicum

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/8d5e28a4-1a43-4c27-a445-318a184bf97a/conversions/convallaria-majalis-thumbnail.webp) 

Convallaria majalis

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/fea494ea-b53f-4432-80f8-841ba0db1e61/conversions/cornus-canadensis-thumbnail.webp) 

Cornus canadensis

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/993ed31b-0fcd-48f8-8853-fa2c13d2073b/conversions/cornus-kousa-thumbnail.webp) 

Cornus kousa

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/ed2d821e-b5e3-49cb-8c31-8307f60e135f/conversions/deschampsia-cespitosa-thumbnail.webp) 

Deschampsia cespitosa

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/4671c0ad-341f-4f83-a55d-5aff9239b412/conversions/deschampsia-flexuosa-tatra-gold-thumbnail.webp) 

Deschampsia flexuosa 'Tatra Gold'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/5730576d-4356-402f-b942-3cdb5197a242/conversions/digitalis-ferruginea-parviflora-thumbnail.webp) 

Digitalis parviflora

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/cdfcb41c-171a-48ed-b434-9d5e3b237d33/conversions/digitalis-mertonensis-thumbnail.webp) 

Digitalis mertonensis

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/9cd9a4aa-b36f-4845-bd18-1f8b5bf15707/conversions/disporum-trabeculatum-thumbnail.webp) 

Disporum trabeculatum

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/5bd56057-16be-4142-8fbb-dfd573d15865/conversions/dryopteris-cycadina-atrata-thumbnail.webp) 

Dryopteris atrata

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7a7714c4-461a-4322-99cb-fd1890ede667/conversions/enkianthus-campanulatus-thumbnail.webp) 

Enkianthus campanulatus

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/1cc6b0e7-08b5-4106-9a37-a1b83c0d97d7/conversions/epimedium-amber-queen-thumbnail.webp) 

Epimedium x warleyense 'Amber Queen'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/0a3044fc-3acf-4a5b-9abe-dc1315e09c40/conversions/geum-bell-bank-thumbnail.webp) 

Geum 'Bell Bank'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/04464f42-62c8-43a5-a47e-3cb22e126a30/conversions/geum-bremners-nectarine-thumbnail.webp) 

Geum 'Bremner's Nectarine'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6d5e1bb6-a3b5-4f57-be84-82fb39431c75/conversions/gillenia-trifoliata-thumbnail.webp) 

Gillenia trifoliata

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/62003e2e-8c49-496a-8700-d778c7241a60/conversions/iris-chrysographes-thumbnail.webp) 

Iris chrysographes

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/23fcbae7-e798-406b-b2f9-76d05716f02c/conversions/lamium-orvala-thumbnail.webp) 

Lamium orvala

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3944ac32-9c93-454c-a398-ede8de88d425/conversions/lathyrus-vernus-gone-to-seed-thumbnail.webp) 

Lathyrus vernus

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/d041a569-5c57-4c6c-a261-c4b27a2264d3/conversions/lunaria-rediviva-thumbnail.webp) 

Lunaria rediviva

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/1b23caaa-cedc-4b77-99a9-a013ff8202b6/conversions/luzula-sylvetica-nova-thumbnail.webp) 

Luzula sylvatica 'Nova'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/d40a6216-102d-415c-bf01-0103647cff89/conversions/melica-uniflora-albida-thumbnail.webp) 

*Melica uniflora* 'Alba'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/d7b6baa0-7b19-475f-93f3-076418ccc0d5/conversions/nectaroscordum-siculum-thumbnail.webp) 

Nectaroscordum siculum

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/faba33a8-de7d-4762-90e3-656e8f9e9aea/conversions/orlaya-grandiflora-thumbnail.webp) 

Orlaya grandiflora

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/90134ee5-d5de-43a7-bf51-2dcb390d06c1/conversions/paeonia-lactiflora-jan-van-leeuwen-thumbnail.webp) 

Paeonia lactiflora 'Jan van Leeuwen'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/ba6b15d3-3ff5-4f17-ab83-01e41a814aeb/conversions/papaver-dubium-subsp-lecoqii-thumbnail.webp) 

Papaver dubium subsp. lecoqii '

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/e1ae0821-36ee-48ec-9f41-d37890ec18eb/conversions/papaver-rupifragum-tangarine-gem-thumbnail.webp) 

Papaver rupifragum 'Tangerine Gem'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/007ae39c-fd09-4966-afbd-344ed087df6f/conversions/peucedanum-rablense-thumbnail.webp) 

Peucedanum rablense

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/0d5bbd5d-0099-4f35-8b23-7af07d7040f5/conversions/physocarpus-opulifolius-lady-in-red-thumbnail.webp) 

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Lady in Red'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/2bb6f6a7-830e-44d7-86a6-692478e56be4/conversions/polystichum-aculeatum-thumbnail.webp) 

Polystichum aculeatum

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/277123bf-f420-45bd-8704-d0d2a86ef11d/conversions/primula-sunset-shades-thumbnail.webp) 

Primula 'Sunset Shades'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7bfa6e84-41b4-45f6-a26e-f338589038d2/conversions/prunus-serrula-thumbnail.webp) 

Prunus serrula

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/0fa57e27-f8bb-424a-997d-ccce4a728f6d/conversions/tellima-grandiflora-thumbnail.webp) 

Tellima grandiflora

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a0f91217-0123-4581-9534-c2caf68ff9cf/conversions/tellima-grandiflora-rubra-thumbnail.webp) 

Tellima grandiflora 'Rubra'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/95dd296f-bcff-41d6-a9f0-319458b256f3/conversions/thalictrum-black-stockings-thumbnail.webp) 

Thalictrum 'Black Stockings'

  ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/79d9a510-f4c0-42dd-922e-8243516c590b/conversions/trollius-chinensis-golden-queen-thumbnail.webp) 

Trollius chinensis 'Golden Queen'

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