Celebrating the beauty of nature’s extraordinary power to regenerate and colonise all kinds of landscapes with new growth, The M&G Garden in 2019 is a vibrantly green and lush environment. 

It features a biodiverse range of pioneering plant species from around the world – including many unusual plants making their first appearance at Chelsea – all of which are able to grow and thrive in the British climate.

Among young trees and ferns, jewel-like flowers bring colour to this woodland garden, shining through the greenery in rich tones of blue, orange, white and deep purple. The contrasting textures of the diverse planting is enhanced by massive sculptures representing ancient rock formations, fashioned from 50 tonnes of sustainable burnt-oak timber by the British craftsman Johnny Woodford.

The regenerative theme of new life and growth is carried through with a series of small pools and clear streams trickling through the garden alongside a staircase of vast English ironstone platforms, ending in a tranquil pool.

Among the trees and plants featuring in the garden are primordial Equisetum and Restios, Nothofagus antarctica, Carpinus betulus, Gunnera killipiana, Arisaema speciousum, and Disporopsis bodinieri.

Plant list

Trees

Carpinus betulus

Nothofagus antarctica

Plants

Angelica archangelica	Polygonatum x hybridum	Asplenium scolopendrium
Convallaria majalis	Dryopteris filix-mas	Kirengeshoma palmata
Osmunda regalis	Darmera peltata	Polystichum setiferum
Chamaenerion angustifolium f. album	Hosta 'Sum and Substance'	Cornus canadensis
Euphorbia palustris	Gaultheria mucronata 'Bell's Seedling'	Erythronium californicum 'White Beauty'
Matteuccia struthiopteris	Rodgersia podophylla	Lilium martagon var. album
Lysichiton camtschatcensis	Uvularia grandiflora	Onoclea sensibilis
Gillenia trifoliata	Muehlenbeckia complexa	Camassia leichtlinii
Juncus effusus f. spiralis	Asarum europaeum	Veronicastrum virginicum 'Album'
Aquilegia alpina	Euphorbia 'Excalibur'	Cardiocrinum giganteum
Silene fimbriata	Anemonella thalictroides	Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee'
Tiarella 'Spring Symphony'	Geum 'Flames of Passion'	Dodecatheon meadia
Thalictrum lucidum	Aspidistra elatior	Molopospermum peloponnesiacum
Tasmannia lanceolata	Osmunda regalis 'Purpurascens'	Hosta 'Devon Green'
Hesperis matronalis var. albiflora	Cenolophium denudatum	Rodgersia aesculifolia
Equisetum hyemale	Disporopsis pernyi	Camassia leichtlinii 'Alba'
Camassia leichtlinii subsp. suksdorfii Caerulea Group	Disporum longistylum 'Night Heron'	Maianthemum racemosum
Arisaema speciosum	Dryopteris cycadina	Anthriscus sylvestris
Geum rivale	Dodecatheon dentatum	Pachyphragma macrophyllum
Rodgersia pinnata	Ligusticum scoticum	Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Polydactyla'
Deschampsia cespitosa	Hakonechloa macra	Melica altissima 'Alba'
Blechnum penna-marina	Melanoselinum decipiens	Mukdenia rossi 'Karasuba'
Trollius x cultorum 'Cheddar'	Aruncus 'Horatio'	Sanguisorba tenuifolia var. alba
Frangula alnus	Mahonia eurybracteata subsp. ganpinensis 'Soft Caress'	Trillium cuneatum
Smyrnium perfoliatum	Beesia calthifolia	Polygonatum verticillatum
Arisaema concinnum	Rubus rolfei 'Emerald Carpet'	Euphorbia oblongata
Podophyllum peltatum	Paeonia emodi	Paradisea lusitanica
Zizia aurea	Reineckea carnea	Maianthemum paniculatum
Valeriana officinalis subsp. sambucifolia	Arisaema tortuosum	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Massachusetts'
Bergenia ciliata	Camassia leichtlinii subsp. suksdorfii (Caerulea Group) 'Maybelle'	Myrica gale

Carpinus betulus
Nothofagus antarctica
Angelica archangelica
Polygonatum x hybridum
Asplenium scolopendrium
Convallaria majalis
Dryopteris filix-mas
Kirengeshoma palmata
Osmunda regalis
Darmera peltata
Polystichum setiferum
Chamaenerion angustifolium f. album
Hosta 'Sum and Substance'
Cornus canadensis
Euphorbia palustris
Gaultheria mucronata 'Bell's Seedling'
Erythronium californicum 'White Beauty'
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Rodgersia podophylla
Lilium martagon var. album
Lysichiton camtschatcensis
Uvularia grandiflora
Onoclea sensibilis