Hamptons Mediterranean Garden – RHS Chelsea 2023

The Hamptons Mediterranean Garden is an intimate, contemporary outdoor living space that encourages sustainable planting and living, resulting in a garden design that promotes connection to nature whilst providing the perfect room to entertain.

Following the success at Chelsea Flower Show in May 2022, leading estate agent Hamptons is renewing its partnership with Garden Club London, sponsoring a new Sanctuary Garden next year.
First time designer Filippo Dester is drawing inspiration from the Italian landscapes and architecture he grew up seeing and from his experience working as a garden designer in the UK to design a garden that combines both influences.

The typically Mediterranean palette of plants and warm, natural materials is utilised to shape a peaceful space, full of texture and scents, which can easily be imagined as part of a larger garden in the Tuscan countryside or as an outdoor entertaining area in an urban setting in the south of England.
Connection is a central theme of the garden: a large table where family and friends gather to share food and each other’s company is a fundamental element of the Italian lifestyle, but as important is the connection between people and nature which can be experienced in a well designed garden.