Celebrity-painted Gnomes at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026

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The Royal Horticultural Society, the UK's gardening charity, has lifted the ban on gnomes at the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, to raise funds for the next generation of gardeners.

Celebrities including Sir Brian May, Dame Mary Berry, Baroness Floella Benjamin and Bill Bailey have decorated gnomes which are being auctioned off to raise funds for the RHS’ Campaign for School Gardening, which inspires school children to learn through gardening, boosting pupils’ wellbeing, skills and environmental awareness.

Historically gnomes have been prohibited from the world's leading horticultural event, first excluded from exhibits inside tents in 1927, with the ban later extended to all RHS Chelsea gardens.

The RHS last lifted the gnome ban in 2013 to celebrate the centenary of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the charity's biggest fundraiser, as well as to raise funds to get more children gardening in schools.
  
The auction closes at 7pm on Sunday 24th May
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Tom Allen's gnome
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Nicki Chapman's gnome
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Bill Bailey's gnome
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Rachel de Thame's gnome
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RHS President Keith Weed's gnome
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Sue Kent's gnome
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Sophie Raworth's gnome
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Dame Joanna Lumley's gnome
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Frances Tophill's gnome
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Flo Headlam's gnome
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Adam Frost's gnome
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£ 1,200
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Alan Titchmarsh's gnome
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£ 900
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Dame Mary Berry's gnome
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£ 525
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Kelly Hoppen's gnome
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£ 1,000
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Cate Blanchett's gnome
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£ 1,650
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Sir David Beckham's gnomes
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£ 660
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Toby Buckland's 'kintsugi' gnome
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£ 510
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Angellica Bell's gnome
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Sir Brian May's gnome 'Billy Bad-Axe'
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£ 720
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Baroness Floella Benjamin's gnome
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