Hot on the heels of its Gold Medal win at the 2006 event, Scenic Blue has been selected to exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show 2007 with a large show garden sponsored by Marshalls Plc. The 2007 entry is designed to appeal to the UK’s “conscience consumer”* - consumers who increasingly put sustainability, climate change and ethical and social values at the forefront of their purchasing decisions - and will validate the belief that it is there is no need to sacrifice style in the pursuit of an environmentally aware domestic garden.

The show garden , which is the brainchild of the award winning Scenic Blue Design Team incorporates a number of key “sustainable living” solutions which include the recycling of “grey” water from the house through reed bed filters for irrigation purposes; the production of power via solar panelled sculptures; the planting of fruit, vegetables and flowers as a food source and wildlife habitat and the ingenious use of recycled materials throughout the garden to evolve a range of highly inspirational, innovative features.

Visually enticing, the garden depicts a scene of the ultimate in organized style and in keeping with current design trends, clearly
defines the space via a series of orderly, neatly paved pathways. A studio building housed beneath an earth, rubble mound providing a super chic “shed come greenhouse come conservatory”, along with the unusually shaped irrigation pool, combine to create two strong focal points for this ultra modern outdoor room. The boundary walls to the garden are constructed from recycled scaffolding boards and the recycling theme is continued by the inclusion of gabbions filled with stone rubble to create the retaining walls for the mound and studio building. A neatly screened composting area featuring attractive bins for both plant and domestic bio-degradable waste provides a further subtle reminder of the garden’s commitment to sound environmental practice. The dramatic lighting for the garden is powered by the striking solar sculpture structures (which also offer a useful energy resource for other applications), providing the perfect finishing touch to this ultra sophisticated contemporary domestic landscape.

 

Read about the Construction Team for the Sustanability Garden here>>>

Sustainable living used to be the sole preserve of earnest liberals …this has finally evolved into a seductive, consumer driven lifestyle proposition as a new generation of celebrities (Bono) and upper class Britons (David Cameron) take up the ethical cause … source: The Future Laboratory Spring 2006

 

Note to editors:

- In addition to last year’s RHS Gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show further credits include: RHS Silver Gilt medal for the build of a garden sponsored by the Lake Forest Garden Club from Chicago (founding member of the Garden Club of America) at the Chelsea Flower Show 2006; RHS Silver medal at the Chelsea Flower Show 2005; Landscape Contractor of the Year at the Horticulture Week Awards 2005; RHS Silver Gilt medal at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2004; winners of 13 British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) Awards 2002-2005
- The Sponsor - Marshalls Plc
- Established in the late 1880s, Marshalls Plc is the UK's leading manufacturer of superior natural stone and innovative concrete hard landscaping products, supplying the construction, home improvement and landscape markets. They provide the product ranges, design services, technical expertise, ideas and inspiration to transform gardens, drives and public and commercial landscapes. The Group operates its own quarries and manufacturing sites, as well as 12 service centres and 14 offices throughout the UK. As a major plc, Marshalls is committed to quality in everything it does, including environmental best practice and continual improvement in health and safety performance for the benefit of its 3,000 strong workforce
- Marshalls Plc is a member of The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) - an alliance of companies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and trade union organizations that promote and improve the implementation of corporate codes of practice which cover supply chain working conditions. The ETI’s ultimate goal is to ensure that the working conditions of workers producing for the UK market meet or exceed international labour standards.

* as revealed in the Consumer Attitudes Audit, Future Laboratory Spring 2006 Briefing Dossier

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