This garden from last year was loved by Michael and Jane’s and as we want to start highlighting some of our favourite work by other designers, this seemed like a great place to start.
Save for a Rainy Day Garden is a modern family garden designed to be future-proofed – created to withstand the unpredictable weather of our changing climate. Although this is an issue right across the globe, here in the UK temperatures are rising and rainfall is increasing which means our gardens are having a more difficult time coping with this shift. To adapt to our changing climate, this garden from Baz Grainger is showcasing various solutions on how it can be managed.
“It is not just the garden that is ahead of its time, we are using a cutting-edge eco-friendly 3D printing process to create some of the main elements of the space. This will not only cut down on construction time and waste, it will be the first time any such methods have been employed at the show.
“We want visitors to understand that by making some adjustments to their planting, managing rainwater and directing its flow, they can significantly improve their garden’s resilience to unpredictable weather patterns. Even small changes can make a significant positive impact.”
Here at White Mosaic we are very ecologically minded so there are many futures of this garden that we just love. We use rainwater collection systems within our own designs but the idea of 3D printed materials has really interested us. Within this garden, features have been 3D printed which not only means less CO2 production and waste, but an easier build as they haven’t required foundations.
Within ‘Save for a Rainy Day Garden’, a relaxing family seating area is included, the planting style is a calm cottage style with a stunning palette and the plants chosen offer up a beautiful mix most commonly spotted in southern France and northern Spain.
After its brief life at Chelsea, this garden was relocated to a women’s shelter in Camden, offering up a beautiful, calm, safe space for young women.
