I am very excited about the news I received a little while ago – the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) informed me that the ‘Balcony Gardens of Whitechapel’ project is moving forward, to take part in the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
The project was the winner of the 2016 ‘Green Plan It’ competition. Farrer Huxley Associates, with me as mentor, partnered with Swanley School, in Whitechapel, east London, to design a community project. We came up with the idea of transforming the balconies of the nearby council flats into small gardens, where residents could store their tools and grow herbs for their daily meals.
The journey now continues and we have three months to prepare: we need to build a 1-1 model of our green balcony module, transport it to the site and make it look perfect for showing at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in early July.
After the show, the garden will be transported back to Swanley School, where it will later be part of Swanley’s Art Week.
