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Sophie Allport brings new collection to RHS Chelsea Flower Show

 

Following the success of the Royal Horticultural Society collaboration with Sophie Allport at the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the homeware, kitchenware and accessories brand is returning to this year’s show with a new RHS-licensed collection of memorabilia.

 

The limited-edition Sophie Allport RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 collection celebrates the peaceful charm of the show, capturing a tranquil corner of the grounds in Sophie’s signature hand-painted style.

 

The collection includes a mug (in standard and large sizes), small tray, cotton tea towel, cotton tote bag and a signed print, on which Sophie’s hand-painted illustrations transport the viewer to a warm summer’s day, where a gentle water feature sits at the heart of the scene while a pond, alive with little frogs, glimmers beneath soft sunlight. A greenhouse brimming with homegrown goodness nestles amongst tall hollyhocks, lupins, echinacea and layers of lush, leafy borders.

 

Mature trees frame the view with buzzing bees, fluttering butterflies, curious hares, hedgehogs and flashes of vibrant parakeets among the branches. The iconic Pavilion rises softly in the background, anchoring the artwork in the unmistakable world of RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

 

This is a joyful, peaceful design that feels both nostalgic and full of life, while celebrating the calm, creativity and quiet moments found in gardens large and small. The design and the products themselves combine to make this a wonderful collection of thoughtful keepsakes that bring a little of the magic of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show into everyday homes.

 

The Sophie Allport RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 collection will again include the RHS logo on packaging and swing tags as well as the words ‘RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026’ on all products.

 

The Sophie Allport RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 collection will be available to purchase at the Sophie Allport stand during the show and online at www.sophieallport.com from April the 14th 2026.

 

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the pinnacle of garden design, held for more than a century in the grounds of the Royal Hospital,takes place this year from 19-23 May 2026. A world-famous event, the 2025 show attracted more than 151,000 visitors from across the globe. Millions more follow the show on television and online.

 

Since 2007, Sophie Allport has been creating timeless pieces for homes. Inspired by nature and the countryside and Sophie’s own life as a busy mum, the designs, featuring animals, birds, nature, florals and more, are all lovingly created by Sophie from her countryside home in Lincolnshire. 

 

Founder and Creative Director Sophie Allport says: “RHS Chelsea Flower Show is always such an inspiring week, filled with energy, colour and extraordinary creativity. This year’s design is my way of capturing that feeling of calm and bringing it into pieces we can enjoy at home each day. It has once again been a delight to work with the UK’s gardening charity to celebrate its most famous Flower Show.”

 

Cathy Snow, Licensing Manager, RHS adds: “Drawing on the quiet joy that gardening so often brings, Sophie Allport has once again brought her elegant, stylish and evocative designs to a unique and artistically accomplished collection that brings the delights of gardening into every home. This, the second Sophie Allport-RHS Chelsea Flower Show collection, is once again an inspired celebration of one of the highlights of the gardening calendar.”

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