30,000 lit white roses fill Duke of York Square for the Ever After Garden from 5 November

The Ever After Garden returns to Duke of York Square in Chelsea on 5 November. From then until 21 December, 30,000 illuminated white roses will fill the square off King’s Road in memory of people who have died.

Opening hours are 3pm to 9pm every day, so the roses can be seen glowing after dark. There is no charge to go in.

How to dedicate a rose at the Ever After Garden

Anyone who wants a rose dedicated in memory of someone is asked to give £15, although the amount is only a suggestion. Dedications can be made in person at the garden or online. Stewards write out the online ones by hand. All the money goes to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.

The garden first opened in 2019 and has since raised more than £1.7 million for the charity, which funds research at The Royal Marsden.

Who created the garden

The designer Anya Hindmarch, a trustee of the charity, created the garden with the fashion writer Camilla Morton. They made it in memory of their friend Michael Howells, a production designer. Its name comes from Ever After, a film Howells worked on.

Dame Anya called the garden a treasured place where families and friends gather at Christmas to remember loved ones. She said it would be “wonderful to see Duke of York Square shining brightly” once more.

The garden is in Duke of York Square, just off King’s Road, postcode SW3 4LY. Sloane Square is the closest Tube station.