A group of local young people who co-created the first garden for the Eden Project Morecambe are heading to London to help exhibit it at the Chelsea Flower Show.
The eight have helped to produce the ‘Bring Me Sunshine’ garden, and this week came together ahead of what would have been Eric Morecambe’s 100th birthday on Thursday (May 14), before travelling to London to attend the world-famous show.
The group will represent their town at RHS Chelsea, sharing the story behind the garden on a global stage. The Chelsea exhibit, a tribute to Morecambe’s most celebrated son, captures the warmth, humour and optimism of a community on the cusp of transformation and offers a first glimpse of Eden Project Morecambe.
Inspired by the iconic Bring Me Sunshine song performed by Morecambe and Wise, the project is also influenced by the dramatic coastal landscapes and rich seaside heritage of Morecambe Bay, making the garden a vibrant celebration of nature, renewal and the role young people play in shaping a brighter future.
Multi-award-winning garden designer Harry Holding and architect Alex Michaelis placed young people from Morecambe at the heart of the design process. Through a series of hands-on workshops, participants shared ideas, explored their connection to place and discussed their aspirations for the future.
Harry Holding and artist Finbar Ward also led creative sessions on the shores of Morecambe Bay, where the group responded to the landscape through nature-based art activities, including rubbings, mould-making and clay work. These contributions have been incorporated into a striking central sculpture that will form the focal point of the Chelsea garden.
Following RHS Chelsea, the garden will be relocated permanently to the Morecambe seafront, forming part of the free to enter 1.5-acre community gardens at Eden Project Morecambe. It will serve as a living classroom and community hub, rooted in the natural and cultural heritage of the bay.
Installation on the seafront will begin in summer 2026, with the gardens set to open to the public in spring 2027, ahead of the full Eden Project Morecambe opening in winter 2028.
Eden Project CEO, Andy Jasper, said: “It’s incredibly special to see young people from Morecambe coming together to mark Eric Morecambe’s 100th birthday, before taking something they’ve helped create to RHS Chelsea. That sense of pride, creativity and connection to place runs right through it.
Below: The site where the garden will be located
‘’This is a celebration of Morecambe – its spirit, its landscape and its people – brought to life through their ideas. Taking that to a global stage, and then bringing it back home, makes this moment even more meaningful.
‘’What’s most exciting is that this is just the beginning – the garden will live on in Morecambe as a free, welcoming space for the community and a first glimpse of what Eden Project Morecambe will become.”
One of the young creators, Amy, said: “I’m so grateful to be representing Morecambe and the Eden Project at the Chelsea Flower Show. There’s nowhere else like the bay – its beauty and natural systems are so special, and it’s amazing to see it getting the attention it deserves.
‘’The Bring Me Sunshine garden means so much to me because it has community embedded into its design. It’s a space visitors can enjoy, but also somewhere local people can use as a site of education and nourishment.”
Kim said: “I’m looking forward to Morecambe having a bit more colour and life to it. I hope people fall in love with the town again.”
Ruby said: “Being involved with this project, has given me the opportunity to learn and be encouraged by all the different people I have met to keep on going with my interests in plants and nature.”
Below; How the garden might look
Eden Project Morecambe is set on the site of a former seafront leisure complex. At its heart will be two immersive, shell-inspired superstructures: the tropical Realm of the Sun, centred around an 18-metre Elder Tree, and the atmospheric Realm of the Moon, inspired by the tidal rhythms and stories of Morecambe Bay.
At RHS Chelsea, the young people will share their experiences of co-designing the garden, acting as ambassadors for Morecambe.
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