RHS Chelsea Houseplant Studios

The Composer’s Cabin celebrates music, horticulture, and peatland preservation. Set among West Penwith’s wild, boulder-studded moorlands and peat bogs, the cabin features a Steinway baby grand surrounded by abundant indoor planting to soften the acoustics and soothe the spirit. Outside, pathways, a pond, seating, and a planted roof of delicate sphagnum mosses and ferns create spots for quiet contemplation and dissolve the boundaries between studio and landscape.

Conceived as the ultimate pleasure garden, Aphrodite’s Hothouse is lush, fragrant and a little naughty. Visitors step inside a hothouse dripping with sultry orchids, glistening anthuriums, pendulous nepenthes and wandering vines. Beyond the exuberant foliage, sculptural forms peek out, subtly blurring the line between botanical curiosity and boudoir wink. Expect a few raised eyebrows. It won’t be just the Philodendron erubescens blushing!

Heliotropic means turning toward the sun or embracing a positive outlook. In the Heliotropic Carousel, the plants rotate in a calm, merry-go-round fashion to maximise or reduce exposure to sunlight. The room becomes whatever you need as the sun moves – a place to catch the early rays with a coffee, a place to work quietly and enjoy the greenery, a space to meditate or entertain as the sun sets.

From harsh arid landscapes to the discomfort of our front rooms. Honouring these otherworldly stalwarts, ’An Ode To Endurance’ is curated to inspect the idiosyncratic forms of succulents, developed as a response to endure and even thrive in their extreme natural habitats. Exploring their place in the modern houseplant collection, and our continuous fascination with some of the most curious and unique plants.

Inspired by the mythical Hanging Gardens of Babylon, this houseplant studio exhibit features vertical gardens in terracotta pots, suspended both inside and outside the studio to emulate the water cycle. Visitors will learn about the process of evapotranspiration while discovering creative ways to arrange and care for houseplants at home, including using rainwater harvesting to keep them healthy and thriving.

The elegant conservatory at Petersham House guided the design for this Houseplant Studio exhibit, cocooning visitors amid tree ferns, philodendrons, and climbing jasmines. Walls bloom with flowering climbers, creating a serene escape for entertaining, creativity, or mindful contemplation, enveloping guests in colour, scent and calm.