Bespoke Powder-Coated Metalwork for RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Overview

Design and production of bespoke aluminium and steel products for the Tackle HIV Challenging Stigma Garden designed by Manoj Malde (https://manojmaldegardendesign.co.uk/)

What We Did

Design

We took the garden designer’s concept design and created a technical design and solution to deliver the design intent

Project Management

Created a plan to ensure each product was delivered within the specific time constraints of a show garden

Creativity

We explored various colours and finishes available to us through our in-house powder coating facility

On site delivery

We hand delivered all products to ensure safe delivery and provided assistance to the site installation team

Close-up view of a cream lounge chair with red cushions, surrounded by a powder-coated aluminium pergola frame and vibrant red ribbons in a flowering garden.

Garden with pergola, water feature, and hexagonal bridge

Pergola seating area surrounded by colorful flowers

Garden path with hexagonal steel bridge and flowers

Powder-coated pergola roof with hexagonal design

Project Details

In 2025, Weather It was proud to be commissioned to design, fabricate, and deliver all bespoke metal elements for the award-winning Tackle HIV Challenging Stigma Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. This groundbreaking project aimed to highlight the stigma still faced by people living with HIV and required high-impact, meaningful structures that merged message with material.

Our scope included the creation of a hexagonal pergola, powder-coated in a metallic gold finish. We also delivered a custom bridge, complete with precision, laser-cut hexagonal perforations. The centre piece of the garden was a unique handcrafted Waterwall Feature, complete with totally customisable 3D hexagonal shapes to ensure the visual and acoustic effect was perfectly delivered.

Working closely with garden designer Manoj Malde (https://manojmaldegardendesign.co.uk/), Weather It brought to life a series of bespoke metalwork features that combined form, function, and social message—delivered on time, to exacting Chelsea standards. Main contractors were https://www.tisserandgardenlandscape.co.uk/ and https://jjhlandscapes.co.uk/