Tate Britain and the RHS announce 10-year commitment to connecting young people with art, nature and climate action.
Tate Britain and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) announced a bold new learning programme this week for schools and young people, generously supported by a 10-year funding commitment from the Clore Duffield Foundation. The programme will be based in a new purpose-built classroom within Tate Britain’s Clore Garden, due to open in Spring 2027. This single storey, lightweight building will offer a flexible sheltered space for learning activities, opening out directly onto the new green space beyond.
Workshops will run throughout school term time and will be free to all primary, secondary and SEND schools. Bookings will open from 2 November 2026 for teachers, with the first workshops launching in the 2027 summer term and reaching over 600 young people each month. A dedicated programme of workshops for youth groups will be developed in collaboration with organisations local to Tate Britain with self-guided learning resources to discover this new garden also available. The programme, titled Creative Ground, will explore what happens when art and horticulture come together in an inner London public garden. Through hands-on activities, creative exploration and immersive experiences with plants and nature, young people will build meaningful connections with the environment, using the garden as a space to explore ideas around climate change, stewardship, wellbeing and community through creativity, curiosity and shared discovery.
Read more about the announcement on the Tate website
Image: Clore Garden Classroom visualisation (interior). Image courtesy Feilden Fowles.