RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2025
THANK YOU
Thank you to PoB Hotels, Taro Yaguchi, London College of Garden Design, the RHS, Mandy Plants, Weather-it, Create, Media Powerhouse, Nicola Davies, Provender Nurseries, Hortus Loci, How Green Nurseries, Beth Chatto Plants, RHS Plants, Norfolk Herbs, Potash Garden Centre and Tearoom, Hardy Plants, John, Christine, Michelle, Emma, Nina, Ros, Geraldine, Donna, Maggie, Zoe, Lindsey, Stuart, Matt, James and Phil
Shadwell Williams Design Studio and Price Adams Studio are delighted to have been selected to be part of a collaboration between the London College of Garden Design and the Royal Horticultural Society.
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The Hummingbird Haven celebrates the relationship between plants from the Lamiaceae family and hummingbirds.
Shrubs provide shelter and nesting habitats for hummingbirds
Slender bills protect long, forked tongues - perfect for reaching the nectar in the tubular flowers
Insects do not see red well, leaving the nectar in these blooms for the hummingbirds
Shrubs provide shelter and nesting habitats for hummingbirds
Plants like Lamium maculatum echo the iridescent foliage of the hummingbirds
These acrobatic birds fly in ovals, reflected in the shape of the border
Their tiny nests are woven from soft materials, such as the downy leaves of Stachys byzantina
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This border celebrates the connection that evolved between hummingbirds and Lamiaceae plants such as Salvia and Monarda. Featuring a curated selection of their favoured nectar-rich orange and red blooms, the planting creates an inviting habitat inspired by these fascinating pollinators.
Enjoy a vibrant, immersive space with life-size origami hummingbirds darting between flowers. The oval shape and curves of the bed are inspired by their elegant flight patterns.
Plants are chosen that attract these birds by providing nectar-rich flowers, shelter, and nesting materials such as downy leaves and grass heads. Iridescent foliage and swaying grasses evoke the hummingbirds’ eye-catching plumage and acrobatic flight.
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The Team
For the Love of Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae is a huge plant family, made up of over 7000 species. Often known as the mint family or the dead-nettle family, it is spread all over the world and includes some real stars of horticulture, including lavender and rosemary.
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A family is a taxonomical term, which describes how different living things are related. Humans, for example, are part of Hominidae family - more commonly known as the great apes. A family is sub-divided into genera (singular is genus), which are then further split into different species. For example, rosemary is in the family Lamiaceae, genus Salvia and the species is rosmarinus. Its name in Botanical Latin is Salvia rosmarinus.​​​
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Read more about this fascinating family of plants here or, even better, visit us at the RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival.
