The ME+EM City Garden
- RHS Chelsea Flower Show
The Place:
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is the world’s most prestigious flower show, showcasing the very best in garden design, horticulture and innovation. In 2025 Viriditas Studio designed The ME+EM City Garden, a balcony garden created in partnership with British womenswear brand ME+EM.
The Brief:
The brief was to create a balcony garden that reflects ME+EM’s ethos of timeless, functional and beautiful design while offering a calming retreat for busy modern women living in the city.
Inspired by the dynamic lives of the ME+EM customer — balancing work, family and personal life — the garden demonstrates how even the smallest outdoor space can provide a meaningful connection to nature. The design explores the belief that nature has the power to soothe and transform, creating a place where women can pause, recharge and escape from the pressures of daily life.
The Design:
The ME+EM City Garden imagines a tranquil balcony high above the city, where the last of the evening sun filters through climbing plants and textured materials.
The 100 square foot garden features generous planters clad in moss green and soft pink bejmat tiles, overflowing with plants that thrive in late afternoon sunlight. Fragrant planting encourages interaction with nature and provides flowers that can be brought indoors, extending the experience of the garden into the home.
A bespoke daybed sits beneath an enamel-coated pergola draped in climbers, offering space to meditate, read or simply unwind. Suspended beneath the pergola, an orb-shaped light casts a soft glow reminiscent of moonlight, transforming the balcony into a peaceful evening sanctuary.
Clay plaster walls provide a natural textured backdrop, contrasting with the gloss of the tiles and emphasising the interplay of light and material throughout the space. The garden demonstrates how thoughtful, sustainable design can transform even the smallest urban space into a restorative retreat that nurtures both people and the environment.
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is the world’s most prestigious flower show, showcasing the very best in garden design, horticulture and innovation. In 2025 Viriditas Studio designed The ME+EM City Garden, a balcony garden created in partnership with British womenswear brand ME+EM.
The Brief:
The brief was to create a balcony garden that reflects ME+EM’s ethos of timeless, functional and beautiful design while offering a calming retreat for busy modern women living in the city.
Inspired by the dynamic lives of the ME+EM customer — balancing work, family and personal life — the garden demonstrates how even the smallest outdoor space can provide a meaningful connection to nature. The design explores the belief that nature has the power to soothe and transform, creating a place where women can pause, recharge and escape from the pressures of daily life.
The Design:
The ME+EM City Garden imagines a tranquil balcony high above the city, where the last of the evening sun filters through climbing plants and textured materials.
The 100 square foot garden features generous planters clad in moss green and soft pink bejmat tiles, overflowing with plants that thrive in late afternoon sunlight. Fragrant planting encourages interaction with nature and provides flowers that can be brought indoors, extending the experience of the garden into the home.
A bespoke daybed sits beneath an enamel-coated pergola draped in climbers, offering space to meditate, read or simply unwind. Suspended beneath the pergola, an orb-shaped light casts a soft glow reminiscent of moonlight, transforming the balcony into a peaceful evening sanctuary.
Clay plaster walls provide a natural textured backdrop, contrasting with the gloss of the tiles and emphasising the interplay of light and material throughout the space. The garden demonstrates how thoughtful, sustainable design can transform even the smallest urban space into a restorative retreat that nurtures both people and the environment.
| PROJECT |
RHS Chelsea Flower Show |
| DURATION |
Spring 2025 |
| STATUS | Completed |