The Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden, with wooden chairs and a table, surrounded by flowers and plants

Sue Ryder at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024

The aim of the Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden was to start conversations around grief at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024. It will now live on at Sue Ryder St John's Hospice in Bedford.

A national movement of kindness

As part of our Grief Kind campaign we created the Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The garden was designed by Katherine Holland and was generously sponsored by Project Giving Back, the unique grant-giving charity that funds gardens for good causes at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

It was awarded a prestigious gold medal by the judges in recognition of it's expert and impactful design.

Katherine's story

Katherine's own grief for her mum was the inspiration behind her garden design.

My own experiences of grief and other people’s misunderstanding of it has made me want grief to be talked about more openly.

Katherine Holland, designer of the Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden

More about the garden

A variety of plants in the sun, around the border of the Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden

Plant list

Discover more about the plants and flowers used to create our Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden this year.

Jacqui, dressed in dark blue Sue Ryder nurse's uniform, cuts a blue ribbon across the new garden's path.

What next for our RHS Chelsea Garden?

The solace our Grief Kind garden offered to visitors at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 was undeniable. We've now given it a permanent home at the Sue Ryder St John's Hospice in Bedfordshire so that its impact can live on.

Garden Designer Katherine Holland, sitting in the Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden with her Gold Award

Meet the designer

Meet Katherine Holland, the award-winning garden designer behind Sue Ryder's Grief Kind Garden at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Norman Ward, sitting in a rowing boat holding an oar on a pond

Celebrating Norman

Cassie recounts the amazing care her dad, Norman, received at Sue Ryder St John's Hospice, and how his love of gardening helped inspire the design for Sue Ryder’s Grief Kind Garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Garden volunteers, David and Richard, next to a wheelbarrow in the St. John's Hospice garden

The volunteers who supported our Grief Kind garden

Meet Richard and David, some of our Sue Ryder St John’s Hospice garden volunteers who will be helping out at the Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024.

Chelsea Flower Show Collection at Sue Ryder's Online Shop

Inspired to create your own inspirational and tranquil outdoor space? Shop from our exciting range of elegant garden décor and practical garden accessories.

Image of a woman hitting a punchbag from the Sue Ryder Grief Kind campaign TV ad

Grief Kind - supporting someone who is grieving

When it comes to something as tough as grief, it can be hard to know what to say or do that might help someone you love. Sue Ryder's Grief Kind campaign can help you support someone who is grieving.

Grief Kind

Thank you

We would like to say a big thank you to the people and companies who made the Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden possible.

Katherine Holland Garden Design

Katherine Holland is an RHS award-winning garden designer operating in Wiltshire, South London, Berkshire and surrounding areas. She creates joyful and practical garden spaces for people to relax in, and enjoy with friends and family.

Project Giving Back

Project Giving Back gives UK-based charities and other charitable organisations the chance to apply for a fully-funded garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, helping them raise awareness of and support for their work.

Artisans of Devizes

Specialising in natural stone flooring, custom stone creations and luxury tiles, their team is dedicated to providing exceptional interior and exterior stone solutions for commercial and residential projects.

Village Hotels

Village Hotels create and operate lifestyle destinations with modern tech, great dining, state-of-the-art gym, pool, meeting and event facilities across the UK.

Arena Flowers

Arena Flowers are the UK’s most ethical florist, who sustainably deliver hand-tied bouquets and other floral gifts for all occasions, right across the country.

Patch Plants

The first online plant shop, Patch helps you find the right plants for your space, delivers them to your door and helps you look after them.

Grief Kind classes

A series of five short video tutorials giving advice on what grief is like and how you can support others who are grieving, as part of our Grief Kind campaign.

Round bowl full of water surrounded by purple flowers and green foliage

How to make a memory garden

Advice on how to make a memory garden from award winning garden designer Katherine Holland. Katherine has drawn on her own experiences of grief and her designs for the Sue Ryder Grief Kind garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024.

A black woman with cropped grey hair is sitting on a yellow sofa looking pensive.

What to say to someone who is grieving

While each bereaved person’s experience will be different, these tips will give you ideas for how to help them feel heard and supported.