After getting the taste of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2009 with the innovative Courtyard Kitchen Garden, Freshly Prepped by Aralia Garden Design, Patricia Fox was left craving for more. After taking a couple of years off Chelsea to focus on her company, Aralia Garden Design (now based in Sawbridgeworth, Herts) Pat and her team have decided that 2012 is the year to take on the challenge all over again! This time around Aralia has an even bigger challenge on their hands, as they are now creating a large 15x20m Show Garden.
Aralia Garden Design is yet again creating something innovative and uniquely different, as that’s what they love to do. Their 2009 Courtyard Garden was the first time the RHS Chelsea Flower show had seen an edible living wall, and this year we are again creating something that has never been created before.
’Rooftop Workplace of Tomorrow’ by Aralia, is an extension of the working office, utilising unused urban rooftop space. The garden will offer an innovative, thought provoking environment, that can be used either individually or in larger groups. Individuals can sit within the hanging rattan egg chairs using a tablet or mobile to connect and network, or larger style conferences can be held within the ‘lounge’ area under a weatherproof canopy and be entertained/informed by the 3 x 3m video/projection screen, outputting both sound and visuals, surrounded by beautiful planting (including a ‘pick your own’ Herbal Tea Bar), open to the sky. This garden will challenge our perception of workplaces, and offer inspirational ideas for tomorrow.
‘I’m personally so excited about this garden, we are so lucky to be able to showcase our garden design talents at such a prestigious show’, says Patricia Fox ‘we’re thrilled to be neighbours along side leading garden designers such as Diarmuid Gavin and Joe Swift, and really looking forward to hearing what the public have to say about our novel rooftop concept’.
