Hampton Court - Kinsella Gardens
Eden Wholesale Plants was proud to supply Kinsella Gardens with a selection of premium-quality plants for their stunning ‘Go with the Flow’ display at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. Designed and brought to life by Anne and Jerrad of Kinsella Gardens, the exhibit beautifully captured a sense of movement and natural harmony — earning them a well-deserved Silver Medal.
It was a pleasure to support such a creative and talented team, and we’re thrilled to have played a part in their award-winning garden!
Anne and Jerrad from Kinsella gardens described their display 'Go with the Flow' as a reaction to our wetter winters and the worsening flooding happening around the country. Overloaded rainwater systems go on to overwhelm water treatment plants and these storm surges cause the release of untreated or par ally treated sewage into our waterways.
The garden presents attractive alternative, designed as a plug-and-play system where existing drains and downpipes can be rerouted through planted gullies. These flow into small catchment pools and then overflow into a rich bog garden and soak away pool which will allow the water to permeate naturally back into the ground.
Riparian zones are the biggest attracters of biodiversity, and our design celebrates the beauty found within those spaces. Planting is predominately native to provide much needed food for local wildlife.
Following the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, Eden Wholesale Plants and Kinsella Gardens were proud to donate all the plants from the award-winning ‘Go With The Flow’ display to Willen Hospice in Milton Keynes.
These carefully selected plants will now find a new home in the hospice’s gardens and grounds, where they’ll provide colour, tranquillity, and comfort for patients, visitors, and staff alike.
It’s an honour for both our teams to contribute to such a meaningful cause and help create a peaceful, uplifting environment for the Willen Hospice community.
A final word from Willen Hospice:
Based in beautiful tranquil grounds, Willen Hospice is the only hospice in Milton Keynes, that provides free expert care and support for local people with a life-limiting illness, and their loved ones, at what may be the toughest time of their lives. We take time to listen to patients’ needs so we can provide specialist care, advice and support to make them as comfortable as possible. This means they can spend more precious quality time with family and friends, to make every day the best it can be. Unfortunately, only 13.8% of our hospice running costs are met by ongoing NHS funding. This means we rely on the generosity of our supporters to help us raise around £8.7 million each year, so that we can continue to offer our specialist care to the local community completely free of charge.
We’re incredibly fortunate to have such peaceful gardens and grounds, lovingly maintained by our full-time gardener and a dedicated team of around 30 volunteers. From planting and watering to growing fresh produce and tending seasonal blooms, our garden volunteers play a vital role in creating the soothing, therapeutic environment that means so much to everyone in our care.
Although many local people know about the Hospice because of our peaceful lakeside In-Patient Unit, 86% of our care actually takes place in the home. That could be in a house, a nursing home, a caravan, a canal boat – anywhere that the patient calls home. It costs us £1.4 million each year to run Willen at Home, but we receive no NHS funding towards this. The whole cost of the service is covered by our generous supporters, something we are incredibly grateful for.
We’d especially like to thank Kinsella Gardens and Eden Wholesale Plants for partnering with us and dedicating their beautiful garden in our honour. Your support helps make our work possible.