Thrive is a national charity whose mission is to research, educate and promote the use and advantages of gardening for people with a disability.

Thrive at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 25-29 May 2010

157,000 people visit Chelsea, the world’s most famous flower show, and we were delighted to have been chosen to create a small urban garden for the 'Unexpected Gardener’.

And we were even more excited when this garden won a Gold medal! The designer of our garden is Jo Thompson, who was a previous Chelsea medal winner and created the Thrive garden for a stylish mature gentleman and keen gardener who, although finding gardening more challenging physically than in the past, does not want to compromise his design choices.

Thrive’s disabled gardeners at Reading and Battersea were involved with our Chelsea garden right from the start and grew some of the plants that featured in the final design.

Find out more about Thrive at Chelsea:

Read more about designers Jo Thompson, Gareth Neal and the Thrive Trustees involved in the show.

Look at a list of plants we plan to include in the garden.

See photos of all the plants  in the plant list.
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Did you know that Thrive has a straightforward quality assurance system, which will help you run your organisation effectively and efficiently? Cultivating Quality is the first quality assurance pack written exclusively for projects that offer social and therapeutic horticulture.
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