NEW to the RHS Malvern Spring Festival later this month is the Green Living Spaces feature.

The aim of this exhibit is to embrace contemporary living, showing how first time buyers and renters can green up their limited space and bring the outside in.

Provided in association with London Stone and Hortus Loci it will feature two balconies, two patios and an interior room each of which will be packed with inspiring ideas for festival-goers to take home with them.

The designers will be creating spaces that are functional, beautiful and portable, ensuring the garden can travel with those moving houses, and visitors to the festival from Thursday, May 10 to Sunday, May 13, will have the opportunity to witness these for themselves.

RHS Ambassador, Jamie Butterworth and Mentor of Green Living Spaces, said: “More people are on the move than ever before, with 37 per cent of the British population in rented accommodation. Because of this, we need to be more creative with how we garden, and where we garden.

“We need to find new, creative ways to bring plants into our lives.  This new category is a fantastic way of showcasing and encouraging #GenerationRent to get gardening and get growing.”

Hoping to encourage the next generation of horticulturalists, the designers will demonstrate practical, inspirational and beautiful ways of maximising space using carefully chosen plants from nurseries in the Floral Marquee and Plant Village.  Visitors will be able to take home both the ideas and the plants to turn those dreams into a reality.

Jamie added: “House plants have a huge range of benefits - they improve the air quality in our homes; absorbing air pollutants, they reduce stress, control humidity, reduce sound levels, and above all look beautiful.

“Plants are good for us and the planet so any way that we can green up our increasingly grey Britain is beneficial to all.”

Here’s what visitors can look forward to this year: The Salad Deck by Andy Bending - With beds bursting with edible delights, a living wall of salad leaves, plenty of herbs and edible succulents, this is a garden that’s set to taste as good as it looks. Founder of Bristol Organic Gardening, Andy Bending is championing self-sufficient gardeners and putting the environment at the heart of his design with sustainable, reclaimed timber decking.

The Urban Escape by Sebastian Conrad - Art inspires this varied space that aims to spark curiosity with a collection of artistic items placed within a planting scheme that brings soothing tranquility as well as energizing colour. Lush green ferns and plants with mild white tones bring the relaxation element while corals and bright oranges create a vibrant feel within the space. Horticulture student Sebastian brings bags of creativity over from Germany where he’s worked in theatre stage design as well as in a bespoke artisan flower shop.

Also on display wll be Elaine Portch’s Outside Number 39 - a space to eat in or out of doors, and Grow, Design and Relax by Anne Keenan - another balcony space for cooking, dining and wining.