Plants want to grow – if you pay attention, they will do that for you. You have to prune – things don’t survive on their ownĪ puppy will destroy a weekend’s work in minutes You can grow better and more varieties than you can buy You have to go to the nursery and buy plants then bring them home and plant them You need stuff like compost, tools and special glovesįresh fruit and vegetables are a joy to eat. The two views are summarised in the table below. What follows is a ‘debate’ between two people, one who espouses the values embodied in the headline, while the other puts an opposing argument. Steve Sayers, CEO at Hartcliffe City Farm, says: “Recreating the garden at our site will make a really iconic and beautiful addition to the gardens that local people can enjoy.‘Gardening is boring and messy. After the show, the garden will be relocated to Hartcliffe City Farm to allow the local Bristol community to experience it. Mothers for Mothers is a charity that supports families affected by maternal mental illness across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Somerset. Watch designer Pollyanna Wilkinson in front of her garden. The garden is a journey from despair to hope, with a cool planting palette of blues and whites on one side of the garden, transitioning to a more bright and colourful palette on the other.Ī fractured pathway through the garden represents the physical and mental journey of rupture and repair that follows from giving birth. The subtitle of the garden is ‘This too shall pass’ – a mantra passed between mothers navigating the challenges of raising young children and the associated mental health struggles. The Mothers for Mothers Garden by Pollyanna Wilkinson – SILVER MEDAL winner Watch designer Lottie Delamain in the garden.Īfter Chelsea Flower Show, the garden will be relocated to Headington School in Oxford, where it will be rebuilt as a colour-wheel garden and a working dye garden.įashion Revolution is a fashion activism movement aiming to shift our relationship with clothes for the prosperity of people and planet. For example, Rubia tinctorum (Madder) grows with Symphytum grandiflorum (Comfrey) and Isatis tinctoria (Woad). Blocks of colour are arranged to give the impression of a tapestry, while all the featured plants could be used as dye or fibre. The planting and design of the garden aims to showcase the creative possibilities of using plant-based dyes and fibres for our clothes. The garden encourages visitors to ask #WhatsInM圜lothes? Historically a strong one, it has in past decades become weaker in our globalised world of chemicals, microfibres and fast fashion. Lottie’s textile garden explores the relationship between plants and textiles. A Textile Garden for Fashion Revolution by Lottie Delamain – SILVER GILT MEDAL winner This garden will kickstart Core’s next project to turn the grounds of the charity’s neighbour, St Barnabas church, into a beautiful community wellbeing garden. Its horticultural department, for example, transforms underused land in urban areas through gardening. It promotes positive mental health through learning, social events and cultural projects. Where will the garden go? Core Arts is a mental health charity based in Hackney. Watch designer Andy Smith-Williams with Giuliana Molinari, deputy CEO at Core Arts. Look out for the combination of gorgeous ground-cover plants with ferns, succulents, wildflowers, grasses, edibles and colourful perennials. For example, some plants have a long flowering season, while others have a strong colour, attract buzzing pollinators or taste good. Planting is given precedence over paving in this garden, and the featured plants have been chosen for their characteristics that are known to improve wellbeing. The garden reimagines the potential of front gardens to greenify and combine to create communal green spaces in cities.
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