Tate is working with celebrated garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith and the Royal Horticultural Society to transform Tate Britain’s surrounding landscape along Millbank, creating a bold new garden for London.
Generously funded by the Clore Duffield Foundation, the new garden will offer opportunities for local communities and visitors to enjoy calm and beautiful outdoor spaces while significantly improving the area’s biodiversity. The designs will soften the existing landscape, feature sculptures from Tate’s collection and a dedicated classroom for outdoor learning. We aim to attract audiences of all ages and backgrounds by creating an open, welcoming space.
The Clore Garden at Tate Britain is scheduled to open in 2026. Initial works are currently scheduled to commence in Autumn 2025.
We would like to hear from visitors, members and our communities on the emerging designs. Your feedback and support are vital to ensuring our plans meet the needs of communities and future visitors.
We are hosting two drop-in consultation events during opening hours on the 28th March from 12.00–16.00, and the 29th March from 10.00–14.00 in the Millbank entrance. No booking is required.
Tom Stuart-Smith Studio, in collaboration with architects Feilden Fowles, were selected at the start of 2024 following an open competition.
Tom Stuart-Smith Studio is an award-winning landscape design practice with an international reputation for making gardens which combine naturalism and modernity. The studio’s work in the arts and culture sector includes creating gardens for Hepworth Wakefield in Yorkshire and the Royal Academy of Arts in London, as well as working on public spaces at Windsor Castle, the Aga Khan Centre and the masterplan for RHS Bridgewater in Salford.
Feilden Fowles are a London-based architecture practice. Recent projects include the Natural History Museum’s Nature and Activity Centre, as part of the Urban Nature Project which opened last summer.
The Clore Duffield Foundation, established by Sir Charles Clore in 1964, celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2024. Now chaired by Sir Charles Clore’s daughter, Dame Vivien Duffield, the Foundation supports UK charities working in the arts, education, social welfare and health. For more information, visit cloreduffield.org.uk.
Clore Duffield Foundation has a long history of supporting Tate Britain, most notably in helping to realise the Clore Gallery in 1987, a major extension to house JMW Turner’s bequest to the nation.