For centuries, plants have carried meaning, myth and medicine.
Designed by Kate Patrick, The Folklorians Garden brings these stories back to life, where leaves and roots become storytellers of healing, dragons and ancient lands. A sanctuary where old tales awaken and invite visitors to become their guardians.
In The Folklorians Garden, plants are more than their leaves, flowers and roots, they are storytellers. Some whisper of red dragons or green knights as they stand proud, softly enveloped in the white of the cliffs that we call home.
The garden offers a sanctuary where forgotten tales are given space to grow once more. Today, as you step into The Folklorians Garden, you take on the role of guardians helping to ensure that the stories of these plants will never be forgotten.
Awards
The Folklorians Garden received a Gold award from the assessors at Gardeners World Live. Now it's your time to have your say and support the garden by voting for it in the People's Choice awards
Uncover the story of the garden, the team behind it and a plant list
Folklore and our gardens
Explore the folklore associated with our gardens, from Wishing Trees to Wild & Whimsical Woodlands, Magical Menageries and more.
Read more here
The folklore of the plants in our gardens
Plants have always carried stories just beneath their leaves, quiet threads of myth and meaning woven into the everyday borders we walk past.
Explore the space where plants meet folklore, and the familiar becomes just a little more enchanted.
The Team
The Folklorians Garden has been shaped by a dedicated team of makers, growers and storytellers, supported by small independent UK businesses whose craft and generosity helped bring this vision to life — meet the people behind the garden here.
Plant List
The Folklorians Garden is shaped by plants chosen for their character, their quiet usefulness to wildlife, and the threads of story they carry with them.
Explore a list that gathers every species and cultivar in the garden, setting out their form, scale and presence so visitors can understand how each one contributes to the woodland‑edge atmosphere.
The Folklorians Garden @ BBC Gardeners World Live 2026
Planning for The Folklorians Garden began for Kate on her drive home from Gardeners’ World Live 2025. Still buzzing from creating The Nectary, inspiration struck at 3am in a service station on the M6. With a scrap of paper and a head full of ideas, the first threads of The Folklorians Garden took shape, and Kate quickly shared them with her team. What followed were months of research, design work, sponsor conversations and the careful sourcing of materials.
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