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SPORT & OUTDOOR
Chelsea Flower Show Exhibit
Venue: Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
Time: 8:00am - 7:00pm
Price: R10 - R35
Performances: 3 - 11 Oct 2009
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The Kirstenbosch National Botanical
Garden will be recreating this year’s successful Royal Horticultural
Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show exhibit to the delight of the public who
have been clamouring to see this year’s winning display.
Avid followers of the annual success of
the Kirstenbosch - South Africa entry will now be able to see the gold
medal winner on home ground from Saturday 3 October until Sunday 11
October.
The award winning Havens of Diversity
scooped South Africa’s 30th gold medal and will be recreated on the
Marquee Lawn . The exhibit will be open during normal garden hours and a
small entry fee of R10 will be charged in addition to the normal garden
entry fee.
Designers David Davidson and Ray Hudson saw their display
gain their 17th medal (in 17 years of designing the exhibit) at this
year’s Chelsea Flower Show in London.
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The creative team took the
theme of biodiversity to show the world how our Botanical Gardens are the
vital link in teaching the public about the foundation blocks for our
survival - food, fuel, fibres, the energy we use, the water we drink and
the air that we breathe.
The exhibit features four of
the National Botanical Gardens of the South African
National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) from the following areas;
Kirstenbosch, (Cape Town) Hantam (Nieuwoudtville), Lowveld (Nelspruit) and
Walter Sisulu (Roodepoort), the quadrants represent the vista of the
region in a postage stamp styled photograph with the unique flora of the
specific area growing out of the picture. Cleverly executed, it creates
the feeling of walking into the actual scenes and now visitors will be
able to take a peek at some of the other glorious gardens in the country.
“This 2009
exhibit shows some of what makes South Africa the third most biologically
diverse country in the world and really captured the imagination of the
judges and visitors at the Chelsea Flower Show”. Said designer David
Davidson ”To be able to show it on home ground is such a wonderful
opportunity and we look forward to welcoming many visitors to the garden
during the week it is shown”.
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