At the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, designer Sarah Eberle's garden "On the Edge" won the prestigious Garden of the Year award. The installation features a sleeping figure of Gaia, the personification of Mother Nature, crafted from willow branches by artist Tom Hare and carved from a fallen tree by Tim Wood. The garden, a collaboration with the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), highlights "edgelands"—the overlooked transitional spaces between rural and urban areas—using native plants, a dry stone arch by Noble Stonework, and a deliberately wild aesthetic to evoke nature in recovery.
The win matters because it elevates a conservation-minded message to a global audience at one of the world's most famous flower shows. By celebrating neglected landscapes and sustainable gardening practices, Eberle's design challenges conventional notions of beauty and urges visitors to value biodiversity, local plants, and natural materials. The garden's success signals a growing cultural shift toward ecological awareness in mainstream horticulture and public art, reinforcing the role of garden design in environmental advocacy.