‘It Can Be Done’ – RHS Hampton Court Peat-Free Garden 2024
With the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 just around the corner, excitement is growing for Arit Anderson’s latest creation — the innovative Peat-Free Garden.
As we look ahead, it’s also a fitting time to reflect on the powerful impact of Arit’s garden at RHS Hampton Court 2024.
This memorable design not only showcased her distinctive vision but also highlighted the urgent environmental themes that continue to shape her work today.
Designer, garden writer, presenter, and RHS Ambassador Arit Anderson has created a vibrant display of more than 2,000 annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees for the 2024 RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival.
All plants were sourced from growers such as Rijnbeek Perennials and partners of the RHS Peat-Free Fellowship, highlighting a strong commitment to sustainable horticulture.
At Rijnbeek, we are incredibly proud to be part of this inspiring project and to contribute to such a meaningful step towards a peat-free future. It’s an honour to support this initiative that demonstrates how beautiful and healthy gardens can be grown in a sustainable way.
This completely peat-free garden aims to inspire both home gardeners and the horticultural industry in their transition away from peat. It showcases what is possible using sustainable alternatives and encourages individuals to grow their own plants responsibly.
Full of colour and texture, the garden’s naturalistic planting style echoes the look of untouched peatlands before gradually transforming into a more familiar domestic setting. It features both sun-loving and shaded borders and beds, demonstrating the versatility of peat-free gardening.
Peat-free compost remains a hot topic in gardening, with some arguing that it falls short of peat in plant performance. But Arit Anderson, a presenter on Gardeners’ World, challenges that notion with this garden, proving that eliminating peat doesn’t mean compromising on beauty or biodiversity.
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