RHS CHELSEA: Show Gardens Series No.3… Capturing the atmosphere and overwhelming beauty of these glorious gardens 🌿 Next up is the Gold medal winning 🥇Cha No Niwa – Japanese Tea Garden Designed by Kazuyuki Ishihara, winner of RHS Chelsea Garden of the Year AND People’s Choice Best Show Garden!!
For me, the standout garden at Chelsea this year was Cha no Niwa (The Japanese Tea Garden) by @kazuyuki.ishihara – a true living masterpiece by a master craftsman. As I approached, I quite literally staggered. The garden radiated a sense of calm and hushed reverence, drawing you in with its quiet confidence and staggering beauty.
Ishihara’s signature style was unmistakable: painterly layers of moss, sculptural rocks rising with natural ease, cascading water, and soft raked gravel (hōkime), all guided by the principles of ikebana and traditional Japanese aesthetics. And of course, the tea house and those exquisite Japanese maples—each one placed with surgical precision.
Planting:
Acer palmatum ‘Sangiuneum’
Enkianthus perulatus
Iris sanguinea – Blood-red Iris
Carpinus betel – Hornbeam
Pachysandra terminalis – Japanese Spurge
📲 #thegardeningkind 👨🌾 Gardener, photographer, and writer 🐞 Organic Gardening 💚 No-Dig & Peat Free 🐝 Nature Friendly 🇬🇧 Oxfordshire, UK
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