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BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Designing with purpose: growing a show garden for Chelsea, with Arit Anderson

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Immediate Media

Nature, Science, Leisure, Home & Garden

4.4647 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Show Garden season is nearing, and BBC Gardeners’ World presenter and designer Arit Anderson takes us behind the scenes of creating a RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden that blends innovation, teamwork and deeply personal storytelling. From the early idea to the intense 18‑day build, she reveals the pressure, passion and people behind a purpose‑led garden inspired by Parkinson’s UK, and what it really takes to bring a show garden to life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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My mom enjoyed spending time in nature and being creative in the garden.

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Growing up, she played in a local park with her brothers building dens and climbing trees.

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When my sister and I were little, she took us blackberry picking every autumn,

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