The Panathlon Joy Garden at The Chelsea Flower Show 2024

For the 2024 Chelsea Flower Show, Llevelo were appointed by children’s charity, Panathlon, to develop a concept and design a garden for the show that could later be transplanted to the Majorie McClure SEND school in Bromley, south-east London.

A colourful and uplifting garden from the Chelsea Flower Show 'The Panathlon Joy' Garden was awarded a 'Silver Gilt' medal. Fun orange bespoke seats add a playful element. A Platanus x hispanica 'Malburg' SWING tree is in the foreground. An abundance of colourful planting creates a joyful look. Timber 'ribbons' run across the rear boundary. Excellent garden by Llevelo Garden Design.

Penelope Walker of Llevelo Garden Design with the Silver-Gilt Medal awarded for her debut garden at the Chelsea Flower Show; The Panathlon Joy Garden
Panathlon are a UK based charity that hosts sporting events for children with disabilities and special education needs (SEND). In 2023, over 62,000 children attended a Panathlon event. More can be read about the charity here: https://panathlon.com/ Lead designer, Penelope Walker, wanted to ensure that the garden had a positive and uplifting focus. The aim of the show garden was to raise maximum awareness of Panathlon. The message of the garden by which the team hoped to deliver on this was: Joy is for everyone and all children should have the chance to enjoy life. The Panathlon Joy Garden was incredibly well received at the show and was awarded a prestigious Silver Gilt Medal. Penelope and the team were incredibly proud of the achievement for their first show garden.

Because Joy is for everyone and all children deserve the chance to enjoy life


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About Panathlon:

Panathlon is a national charity which hosts sporting events for children with physical disabilities and special education needs. The work they do is simply remarkable in helping children gain confidence, self belief and feel part of something. Further information on the charity can be found here: https://panathlon.com/panathlon-charity-to-debut-at-chelsea-flower-show-2024/


Focal Points:

Trees: Planatus x hispanica ‘Malburg’ ‘SWING’ trees – fun and curvy and still utterly brilliant. Included to demonstrate the importance of normalising difference.

Mounds: Allow all users to be fully immersed in the garden

Colour: An abundance of planting in various colours and shapes will help give an uplifting look and feel to the garden.

 

Sponsors:

 

A huge thanks to our sponsors; Project Giving Back who are a unique grant-giving charity that funds gardens for good causes at RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Additional thanks also to our contractors, Stewart Landscape Construction Ltd.

Celebrity and radio star, Nicki Chapman poses with Panathlon trustee, Adil Ghani, at The Chelsea Flower Show

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