The garden explores and celebrates the diverse nature of plants and all the ways they enrich our lives and our industries. It aims to spark curiosity and inspire a new generation of gardeners and those pursuing careers working with plants, the environment and rural crafts. At its heart is an oak-framed building representing a museum of garden curiosities — fabrics woven from plants, dyes and pigments created from plants, and demonstrations of propagation techniques alongside ferments, jams, balms and infusions.

Mixed herbaceous beds surround the building, interlanted with dye beds, veg beds and cut flower beds alongside ponds and water plants showcasing biodiversity. Key plants include delphiniums celebrating colour and pollination, Coreopsis tinctoria as a dye plant, Pistacia chinensis for evergreen structure and topiary, Morus alba for height and edibility, and wheat to highlight the functional side of plants we often view as purely ornamental. Following the show, the garden will be rehomed at a college where its dye garden plants will be used by fashion students and its herbs and vegetables by catering students.