The exhibition, organized by the RHS within the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, has for years been involved with sustainable improvement and biodiversity.
To cut back their carbon footprint, the preliminary plans for the most important gardens – all sponsored due to their value – underwent an audit this yr overlaying the supplies deliberate for building, the amount and high quality of water deliberate, biodiversity, waste… The plans had been then tailored, permitting, in keeping with the RHS, a discount of greater than 20% within the carbon footprint. Since final yr, all Chelsea gardens should be transferred after the exhibition, in entire or partly, to embellish hospitals, faculties or different public locations all through the nation.
Among the many 35 gardens competing in 4 classes this yr, one focuses on harvesting rainwater to fight drought, with a pavilion with an elegantly curved pitched roof, which collects water and redirects it to be saved. The vegetation had been chosen for his or her resilience, to drought for some, to flooding for others, relying on their location.
