'Water Scare-city' RHS Tatton Flower Show Blooming Border Competition

January 2019

My accepted entry to RHS Tatton Flower Show 2019.

The theme for 2019 was 'Hot Topics'.

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Climate change is causing more extreme weather in the UK, with 2018 being the hottest summer on record. Water 'Scare-city' is a dry garden border that showcases some of the best plants that will thrive in dry landscapes. It celebrates their resilience, as well as their beauty and flowering interest.

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Scare-city story: the border starts as a lush Mediterranean gravel garden with a walkway that suggests a dried up river bed. As we move along the river towards the city the planting becomes sparse, communicating a dry landscape with a lack of water to feed it. As we reach the barren city the planting is all but dried up and in its place a harsh urban skyline.