âYou could dig up a lot of asphaltâ: Tim Smitâs Chelsea garden prioritises growing food
Eden Project founder wants to inspire councils to build community gardens so young people can grow vegetablesLocal councils should ârip up asphaltâ to build community gardens so young people can grow vegetables, a co-founder of the Eden Project has said.Tim Smit, who opened the giant biomes in Cornwall in 2000, has designed an âedimentalâ garden for the Chelsea flower show with the landscape designers Harry Holding and Alex Michaelis. The concept behind it is that plants such as cabbages and strawberries are beautiful but edible and should be placed alongside traditional bedding plants. Continue reading...
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