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An eclectic mix of containers, each with a colourful patina, has been reclaimed and repurposed into charming planters. Together, they form a cosy seating area, enclosed by lush planting. Celebrating 140 years of the simple, peaceful pleasure of enjoying a Whittard of Chelsea unique tea blend, this garden transforms a small Chelsea courtyard into a tranquil retreat. Here, nature, tea and wonder come together to create the perfect sanctuary - a place to pause, reflect and savour the moment. The act of pouring tea holds deep cultural significance and is often considered an art form. The beauty and sound of the pour inspire the garden's design, where a network of copper pipes winds through the space, mimicking this ritual with graceful streams of water that enhance the serene atmosphere. Rich in fragrance and colour, the garden features many of the ingredients found in Whittard's infusions. Just like Whittard of Chelsea, the garden celebrates the art of transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. Award Recognition ------------- - ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-gold-medal/icon.webp) Gold Medal RHS The people behind it Designer ---------- - [ ![Ollie Pike](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/ollie-pike/profile_photo.webp) Ollie Pike Designer ](https://gardensdb.com/people/ollie-pike) Look around 360° photo ------------ Loading panorama... Unable to load panorama. Click and drag to look around. Scroll to zoom. Tap and drag to look around. Pinch to zoom. Photography Gallery --------- ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/ce76f61a-7ea9-48c4-88a5-f0ceb6621697/conversions/The-Whittard-of-Chelsea-Garden-2026-05-19-at-09.52.48-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/1fe43b31-d185-485d-801b-1287b3ace9a2/conversions/IMG_2408-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/321ef306-c8f5-445f-aa2b-fdefa66309c6/conversions/IMG_2409-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a116e17c-cb2a-4f4d-8e80-d8741cb72d0d/conversions/IMG_2410-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/85c01220-e75c-430f-9a31-e096226295cd/conversions/IMG_2404-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/731d357e-e0b0-4830-9139-ac50136990cf/conversions/IMG_2405-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/967d89e2-b270-484d-84c3-c546d8cc18c1/conversions/IMG_2406-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6076e4ad-622c-4117-abf3-73b051c05864/conversions/A797E69F-BB32-4D9F-927D-6F8E77DABA1E_1_105_c-gallery.webp) 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Plants 5 ![Aquilegia spp.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/da4270ed-d230-4cc6-869b-981cac6ce889/conversions/aquilegia-sp-thumbnail.webp) Aquilegia spp. ![Betula nigra](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/15bf52e5-cbeb-4ba0-a4c6-88cf70e642d4/conversions/betula-nigra-thumbnail.webp) Betula nigra ![Camellia sinensis](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/32599981-2aba-4f6f-a9b6-2f02e5c10339/conversions/camellia-sinensis-thumbnail.webp) Camellia sinensis ![Rosa 'Our Beth'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6642d6f7-bf08-45f2-97d6-a7f5fcbb7f95/conversions/rosa-our-beth-thumbnail.webp) Rosa 'Our Beth' ![Saxifraga dentata 'Dentata'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/cf4f0941-12fc-4e7e-9487-27fd9299cf20/conversions/saxifraga-dentata-thumbnail.webp) Saxifraga dentata 'Dentata' ### Trees 1 ![Betula nigra](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/15bf52e5-cbeb-4ba0-a4c6-88cf70e642d4/conversions/betula-nigra-thumbnail.webp) Betula nigra ### Structure 3 ![Camellia sinensis](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/32599981-2aba-4f6f-a9b6-2f02e5c10339/conversions/camellia-sinensis-thumbnail.webp) Camellia sinensis ![Rosa 'Our Beth'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6642d6f7-bf08-45f2-97d6-a7f5fcbb7f95/conversions/rosa-our-beth-thumbnail.webp) Rosa 'Our Beth' ![Rosa 'Sandringham'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a8f8323c-8d5b-491a-9e3a-a055498eb001/conversions/rosa-sandringham-thumbnail.webp) Rosa 'Sandringham' ### Herbaceous & Bulbs 29 ![Angelica gigas](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/5ce447df-17a8-4261-8583-bdfdce087530/conversions/angelica-gigas-thumbnail.webp) Angelica gigas ![Anthriscus cerefolium](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/13968538-608b-42d1-8506-2025066dd38f/conversions/anthriscus-cerefolium-thumbnail.webp) Anthriscus cerefolium ![Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/76e4449b-0de6-49b2-8ee1-59df732f63d5/conversions/anthriscus-sylvestris-ravenswing-thumbnail.webp) Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing' ![Aquilegia 'Ruby Port'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/21f75aad-4c8c-43c4-b63b-63a67288e3d2/conversions/aquilegia-ruby-port-thumbnail.webp) Aquilegia 'Ruby Port' ![Aquilegia 'Spring Magic Rose and White'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/18221e4a-a14d-431d-8aac-077e3f5bbe3d/conversions/aquilegia-spring-magic-rose-and-white-thumbnail.webp) Aquilegia 'Spring Magic Rose and White' ![Aquilegia 'Yellow Queen'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/fbdf3c03-34e1-4108-b187-73e4cf49876a/conversions/aquilegia-yellow-queen-thumbnail.webp) Aquilegia 'Yellow Queen' ![Asarum europaeum](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/cb155542-6c6a-4fd5-a1d0-68a9bd1a2efe/conversions/asarum-europaeum-thumbnail.webp) Asarum europaeum ![Asplenium scolopendrium](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/2af6f452-f8ec-48d1-8f6c-8688150c44ad/conversions/asplenium-scolopendrium-thumbnail.webp) Asplenium scolopendrium ![Astrantia major 'Shaggy'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/96d07856-c9d7-446b-a9cc-384dd8c65a45/conversions/astrantia-shaggy-thumbnail.webp) Astrantia major 'Shaggy' ![Astrantia major 'Burgundy Manor'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/e1aa533f-0e95-4e5a-9178-4a2d556de7e2/conversions/astrantia-major-burgundy-manor-thumbnail.webp) Astrantia major 'Burgundy Manor' ![Baptisia australis 'Dark Chocolate'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/84025360-6b1d-4cdb-b6df-da621e7e0585/conversions/baptisia-australis-dark-chocolate-thumbnail.webp) Baptisia australis 'Dark Chocolate' ![Carex remota](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/871191b7-cb09-42e5-812f-c6569039d188/conversions/carex-remota-thumbnail.webp) Carex remota ![Daucus carota 'Dara'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/b06c65da-16f8-4927-9206-11e547c68a0c/conversions/daucus-carrotta-dara-thumbnail.webp) Daucus carota 'Dara' ![Digitalis purpurea 'Excelsior Group'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/f28d0419-b3ae-4dbd-9b0b-98fbce7c7c1f/conversions/digitalis-purpurea-excelsior-group-thumbnail.webp) Digitalis purpurea 'Excelsior Group' ![Dryopteris wallichiana](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a3aaed75-c349-4efa-9c48-03defba38f28/conversions/dryopteris-wallichiana-thumbnail.webp) Dryopteris wallichiana ![Epimedium × versicolor 'Sulphureum'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/d080a044-2c18-461c-88ca-4c2389cc89f2/conversions/epimedium-versicolor-sulphureum-thumbnail.webp) Epimedium × versicolor 'Sulphureum' ![Geranium oxonianum 'Katherine Adele'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/5629fd63-6cf4-4c86-bb22-2877762d5edb/conversions/geranium-oxanianum-katherine-adele-thumbnail.webp) Geranium oxonianum 'Katherine Adele' ![Gillenia trifoliata](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3695c62f-28c1-4ba1-a6c2-615ec09f59e1/conversions/gillenia-trifolata-thumbnail.webp) Gillenia trifoliata ![Hosta 'Devon Green'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/1278d0b5-0e81-402a-be5c-6548c459c90a/conversions/hosta-devon-green-thumbnail.webp) Hosta 'Devon Green' ![Iris sibirica 'Perry's Blue'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/d22f088a-9cb0-4111-8199-e03d2fa08854/conversions/iris-sibirica-perrys-blue-thumbnail.webp) Iris sibirica 'Perry's Blue' ![Lamium orvala](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/23fcbae7-e798-406b-b2f9-76d05716f02c/conversions/lamium-orvala-thumbnail.webp) Lamium orvala ![Melissa officinalis](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/63416217-4890-4ddb-932a-da97a164f2e4/conversions/melissa-officinalis-thumbnail.webp) Melissa officinalis ![Lunaria annua 'Chedglow'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7be42edf-3845-4b0d-a87f-5ba0695e399b/conversions/lunaria-annua-chedglow-thumbnail.webp) Lunaria annua 'Chedglow' ![Nectaroscordum siculum](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/d7b6baa0-7b19-475f-93f3-076418ccc0d5/conversions/nectaroscordum-siculum-thumbnail.webp) Nectaroscordum siculum ![Urtica dioica](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3acb9f5b-39c9-462c-8140-7150084f39d0/conversions/nettle-thumbnail.webp) Urtica dioica ![Saxifraga × urbium](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/cc0f2bec-9787-40da-bbd3-66eb813afdc8/conversions/saxifraga-urbium-thumbnail.webp) Saxifraga × urbium ![Teucrium scorodonia 'Crispum Marginatum'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/b78fad28-c3b3-476a-b726-4d52c9db5270/conversions/teucrium-scorodonia-crispum-marginatum-thumbnail.webp) Teucrium scorodonia 'Crispum Marginatum' ![Thalictrum 'Black Stockings'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/95dd296f-bcff-41d6-a9f0-319458b256f3/conversions/thalictrum-black-stockings-thumbnail.webp) Thalictrum 'Black Stockings' ![Trollius europaeus](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/ead48f88-6936-45b8-954f-5df6b2cfa25a/conversions/trollius-europaeus-thumbnail.webp) Trollius europaeus ![]() Buy this plant → Brought to life by Organisations --------------- ### Design Studio 1 - [ ![Pike 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