Perspex® from Lucite® at Chelsea Flower Show 2007

29 May 2007 Southampton, UK

Chelsea flower show imageLeading landscape gardner, Hasmead won a Bronze award at Chelsea Flower Show for its Sand and Ice Garden, which highlighted the two extremes resulting from climatic change; expanding deserts and melting glaciers. A focal point in the garden was a modern ‘ice’ wall made from cool tones of Perspex with water trickling over to represent slowly melting cracked ice. Sponsored by Lucite International, the ‘ice’ wall featured Perspex from the company’s Frost and Vario ranges and formed a stark contrast to the soft flowing lines of the desert sands. The award winning garden was designed by Linda Bush during the early days of the hose-pipe ban in Southern England in 2006, taking inspiration from the Dry Garden at RHS Hyde Hall and Beth Chatto’s Gravel Garden.

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