Brighton & Hove Independent January 2020

A garden for the future at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Image: Joe Perkins Design

Landscape designer Joe Perkins reveals what inspired his Chelsea Flower show garden.

Current figures show that 13 per cent of the UK is covered by trees. Experts predict 1.5 billion will need to be planted if the UK is to meet its pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Award-winning landscape designer Joe Perkins is showcasing a garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May, it flags up the importance of increasing the UK’s tree coverage in an effort to combat climate change for future generations.

The Facebook Garden: Growing the Future will champion timber as a versatile, beautiful and sustainable product.

“The whole construction will be made from timber,” explained Joe. “This includes a timber walkway, woodland bank, a timber canopy and timber pavilion. I have used other variations from places like Germany, that we could grow over here in the future if the temperature continues to change. If it does in the same way it is at the moment we won’t be able to support the trees we already have. I didn’t want the garden to be naturalistic but more modern in design.”

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