The Elsewhere Garden was designed by Semple Begg Garden and Landscape Design, following a brief from the Teapot Trust. After winning gold at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2023, the garden found its permanent home at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow in 2024.

Redesigned with care to suit its larger new space, the garden features wide, accessible pathways for wheelchairs and prams, along with quiet seating areas where families can pause, whether to process good news or difficult moments.

From the very beginning, children helped shape the garden’s design. That’s why you’ll find fantasy-style trees like Snorky and Grizzly growing here. And those bright pops of colour? They represent the sugar-rush of joy children feel when they discover the power of art therapy.

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Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden Plant List - Updated for 2025

Shrubs & trees

Betula nigra

Fatsia japonica

Hamamelis x intermedia 'Orange Beauty'

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice'

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Pee Wee'

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen'

Picea abies 'Inversa'

Pieris japonica 'Purity'

Pinus mugo subsp. mugo

Pittosporum tenuifolium ' Golf Ball'

Rosa x odorata 'Mutabilis'

Tetrapanax papyrifera

 

Herbaceous

Actaea simplex 'Brunette'

Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Flamingo'

Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Pamina'

Aruncus diocius

Aruncus 'Horatio'

Aster divaricatus

Astilbe 'Bronce Elegans'

Astilbe chinensis var. taquetii 'Purpurlanze'

Astilbe sp. (small, cream flower)

Astrantia major 'Roma'

Astrantia major subsp. involucrata 'Shaggy'

Baptista australis

Campanula 'Sarastro'

Centaurea montana 'Jordy'

Chaerophyllum hirsutum

Corydalis flexuosa 'Craighton's Blue'

Digitalis lutea

Epimedium alpinum

Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee'

Epimedium x warleyense 'Orangekonigin'

Geranium 'Ann Folkard'

Geranium phaeum 'Lily Lovell'

Geum 'Prinses Juliana'

Geum rivale 'Leonard's Variety'

Hemerocallis 'Stafford'

Hylotelephium telephium 'Purple Emperor'

Iris 'Perry's Blue'

Iris setosa

Iris versicolor

Kirengeshoma palmata

Knautia macedonica

Kniphofia 'Mango Popsicle'

Lupinus West Country Group 'Shirley Anne'

Paeonia 'Lollipop'

Paeonia 'Scarlet O'Hara'

Persicaria bistorta 'Superba'

Persicaria filiformis

Persicaria virginiana 'Painter's Palette'

Podophyllum versipelle 'Spotty Dotty'

Primula auricula 'Aloha Sundance'

Primula beesiana

Primula bulleasiana

Primula bulleyana

Primula chungensis

Primula cockburniana

Primula japonica (red flower)

Primula japonica (violet flower)

Primula japonica 'Apple Blossom'

Primula kisoana

Primula 'Mixed Candelabra'

Primula pulverulenta

Primula sikkimensis

Pulsatilla vulgaris

Ranunculus acris 'Flore Pleno'

Rodgersia cv.

Rodgersia pinnata Henrici Hybrids

Salvia nemerosa 'Caradonna'

Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'

Sanguisorba tenuifolia

Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue'

Silene fimbriata

Symphiotrichum laeve 'Calliope'

Thalictrum aquilegiifolium

Thalictrum 'Black Stockings'

Thalictrum 'Nimbus White'

Thalictrum 'Splendide'

Trifolium rubens

Trollius chinensis 'Golden Queen'

Verbascum 'Clementine'

Verbascum 'Dark Eyes'

Viola hederecea

 

Herbaceous - ferns

Adiantum pedatum

Athyrium felix-femina 'Victoriae'

Blechnum spicant

Cyrtomium fortunei var. clivicola

Cyrtomium fulcrum

Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata the King'

Dryopteris erythrosora

Dryopteris filix-mas

Matteucia sp.

Onoclea sensibilis

Osmunda regalis

Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'

 

Herbaceous - grasses

Acorus gramineus ' Ogon'

Anemanthele lessoniana

Briza media

Calamagrostis brachytricha

Carex morrowii 'Everglow'

Deschampsia cespitosa

Hakonechloa macra

Luzula nivea

Milium effusum 'Aureum'

Sesleria nitida

 

Herbaceous - ground cover

Acaena microphylla

Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop'

Fragaria vesca

Gallium odoratum

Gunnera magellanica

Omphalodes verna

Vinca minor f. alba

 

Bulbs

Galanthus nivalis

Galanthus woronowii

Narcissus 'Beautiful Eyes'

Narcissus 'Jack Snipe'

Narcissus 'Lieke'

Scilla forbesii

Tulipa 'Abu Hassan'

Tulipa 'Ballerina'

Tulipa 'Burgundy'

Tulipa 'Doll's Minuet'

Tulipa 'Jan Reus'

Tulipa 'Negrita'

Tulipa 'Paul Scherer'

Tulipa batalini 'Bronze Charm'

Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden Plant List - Original List

The heart of the Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden is plants, with over 80% of the space available allotted to plants aimed to engage and inspire. The garden hosted approximately 1,500 plants, combining to create an incredible environment representative of imagination and thoughts stimulated by art therapy.

Discover below how Semple Begg used their creative genius to incorporate specific plants representative of themes linked to the charity’s mission:

• A ‘Dolly Mixture’ scheme, with swathes of pink, orange, red and yellow candelabra primula will be contrasted with dramatic foliage of Tetrapanax, Fatsia, and matrix plants. These plants were chosen specifically to represent imagination and thoughts stimulated by art therapy, from bright revelation to quiet reflection.
• Picea abies 'Inversa' have been chosen for their unusual, anthropomorphic and dramatic form. They represent the ability of art therapy to help children and young people face down fear.
• Candelabra primulas (Primula bulleyana, Primula japonica 'Apple Blossom' and Primula pulverulenta) and Eschscholzia californica were chosen for their eye-popping, fizzy, candy coloured exuberance and whimsical form.
• Tetrapanax papyifer 'Rex' has massive, theatrical leaves and Eschschlozia californica was chosen for its bright, citrus burst colour, ability to self-sow/intermingle with other plants, and playful character.
• Luzula nivea was picked for its soft, downy appearance and ability to thrive within different plant communities.

Growers and Installers: Plants incorporated in the garden were grown by British nurseries including the renowned Kelway Plants, who have supplied thousands of plants for previous shows, and have enabled the winning of top medals each year. They are one of the UK’s oldest nurseries and one of only a handful of growers with the skill and experience to grow plants for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

The trees were provided by Deepdale Trees expert growers of the UK's finest semi-mature shrubs and trees, with a proud reputation of supplying the professional market and a RHS Chelsea stalwart.

Stewart Landscape Construction, winners of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show ‘Best Construction’ award in 2021, used their extensive experience to build the Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden at Chelsea.

Press Pack rhschelsea_teapottrustpresspack.docx

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Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden Plant List

Trees

A3

Picea abies 'Inversa'

Betula nigra

 

Smaller Shrubs

Fatsia japonica

Rosa x odorata 'Mutabilis' 

Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex'

 

Perennials

Acorus gramineus 'Ogon' 

Adiantum aleuticum 'Imbricatum'

Adiantum pedatum

Angelica archangelica

Briza media

Caltha palustris

Canna 'Tropicanna Black'

Careamine pratensis

Carex 'Everglow'

Carex morrowii 'Icedance'

Chaerophyllum hirsutum 'Roseum'

Corydalis flexuosa 'Craighton Blue'

Deschampsia Cespitosa

Dryopteris affinis

Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'

Epimedium x perallchicum 'Frohnleiten'

Epimedium x warleyense 'Orangeköigin'

Eschschlozia californica (annual)

Fragaria vesca

Gallium odoratum

Geum rivale 

Gunnera magellanica

Iris sibirica 'Persimmon'

Lilium pumilum

Luzula nivea

Mentha aquatica

Myosostis palustris

Osmunda regalis

Persicaria virginiana var. filiformis 

Podophyllum versipelle 'Spotty Dotty'

Pontederia cordata

Primula aurantica

Primula beesiana

Primula bullesiana

Primula bulleyana

Primula cockburniana

Primula japonica 'Apple Blossom'

Primula kesonana

Primula pulverulenta 

Pulsatilla vulgaris

Rodgersia pinnata 'Elegans'

Thalictrum aquilegifolioum

Trifolium rubens

Veronica beccabunga 'Brooklime Green'

Vinca minor f. 'Alba'  

Viola hederacea

Photography © Andrea Jones/Garden Exposures Photo Library