Spectacular display highlights the plight of wild salmon to over 150,000 show visitors.

We are delighted to have brought the message of the importance of wild salmon restoration to a huge audience at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show in the form of a spectacular floral display, Across the Ocean, Home Again. The world famous horticultural show is attended by over 150,000 visitors annually.

Across the Ocean, Home Again which adorns the Bull Ring gate entrance at the show has been created by renowned London and Dorset based floral designer, Tattie Rose, especially for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025, to highlight the plight of a keystone species in crisis – wild Atlantic salmon.

Wild Atlantic salmon are now endangered in Great Britain and populations of this once common fish have declined by around 70% in the last few decades.

Wild Atlantic salmon are now endangered in Great Britain and populations of this once common fish have declined by around 70% in the last few decades. Human pressures increasingly impacting our rivers, coasts and seas are pushing the species toward extinction. However it only needs simple ingredients to thrive once again – cold, clean water.

This iconic fish undertakes one of nature’s greatest migrations, beginning its life in the headwaters of our rivers, traversing the Atlantic Ocean as far as Greenland, and then returning to its home river to spawn, bringing new life back to the ecosystem and sustaining plant and animal biodiversity.

Across the Ocean, Home Again represents the incredible lifecycle of the wild Atlantic salmon as they return home to our rivers from their ocean voyage. It is hoped that the piece will inspire thousands of visitors attending the show to think about wild salmon restoration, and to energise greater collective action to deliver environments of cold, clean water for nature, people and the planet.

In-keeping with the theme of biodiversity and sustainability, the piece is a celebration of Britain’s riverbanks, its plants and wildlife. Rambles of honeysuckle, ripples of willow and rush, and swathes of British greenery and river flowers adorn the gates whilst handmade plaster casts of the Atlantic salmon glide through it – a beautiful reminder of the need for health and abundance in our environment.

In addition to the Bull Ring gates display, we are delighted that renowned bronze sculptor, Simon Gudgeon, has generously loaned a stunning bronze salmon sculpture which will sit atop a plinth within the show grounds itself, further adorned with a floral display by Tattie Rose. This continuation of the display will form a further focal point by which to engage visitors with wild Atlantic salmon conservation.

Simon Gudgeon’s spectacular salmon and otters bronze continues the message inside the Great Pavilion.

A school of handmade plaster salmon sculptures glide throughout the display – a reminder of how wild Atlantic salmon connect the environments through which they traverse on their epic migration, supporting wider species biodiversity.

Life Beyond Chelsea

From the outset, designer Tattie Rose and the team from the Atlantic Salmon Trust have been working to ensure that this incredible display has a life beyond Chelsea, extending its message and purpose far and wide. All materials and plants from the display will be recycled or repurposed, including the dramatic salmon casts which will be displayed again at other locations to continue to raise awareness of the plight of wild Atlantic salmon and the need to give them a thriving future.

Inspired by Ed Pettifer

The display has been commissioned by Mrs Dominic Collins to commemorate the memory of Edward Pettifer, who was tragically murdered in the New Orleans terrorist attack on New Year’s Day 2025. Ed, who grew up in rural Wales, was a gifted fisherman and was passionate about the environment, devoting much of his time and energy to supporting salmon conservation. We are hugely grateful that, at the request of Ed’s family, the display will be used to raise awareness for our work to secure a future for wild salmon and their environment.

The display has been commissioned by Mrs Dominic Collins to commemorate the memory of Edward Pettifer, who was tragically murdered in the New Orleans terrorist attack on New Year’s Day 2025. Ed, who grew up in rural Wales, was a gifted angler and was passionate about the environment, devoting much of his time and energy to supporting salmon conservation.

Our thanks to those who helped make it happen

Our enormous thanks go to designer, Tattie Rose, for the time, energy, passion and dedication she has devoted to wild Atlantic salmon through this initiative. Find out more about Tattie’s work by visiting her website.

Our thanks also go to Nadine Charlton of Home Spring Gardens who has been instrumental in advising throughout this process, as well as the Royal Horticultural Society for their support and openness to this shared vision.

Want to donate?

If you’ve been inspired by this display and its message, why not send us a donation? Visit our donations page here to explore ways you can help support wild Atlantic salmon recovery.

Thank you!