Frisbees, solar collectors and a toilet are among the rather unorthodox stars of the Chelsea Flower Show, because gardening makers try to show how gardens can be both practical and beautiful.
The event, which is now in the age of 112, usually tends to present Peonies and roses about human waste. However, the garden of the future designed by Matthew Butler and Josh Parker has a toilet that creates a biochar compost that is perfect for growing vegetables.
“It converts the solids into a biochar and then the liquids into a water that can be used for decorative planting,” said Butler. He added a small pot of the substance and added: “It comes from the toilet. So it is like a light brown floor. There is a small drawer next to the toilet, they pull it out and the content can be used in the garden to improve the harvests.”
His garden also has a solar panel assembled by ground that moves an irrigation pump. This year was very hot and sunny, and areas of Great Britain experienced in the early stages of drought, which makes irrigation particularly important. In response to weather extremes, which are caused by climate cancellation, the garden has drought -friendly plants that can be grown in domestic vegetable stains.
“Our chickpeas have grown well,” said Butler. “We both build them at home and sweet potatoes that become a more common harvest in Great Britain. Farmers [are] Growing sweet potatoes in many parts of the south. “
Lucy Hutchings by She Grows Veg, which exhibits her perfect vegetables in the large pavilion of the show, has also experimented with droughts -friendly plants.
“We are based in East Anglia and it has basically not rained for a month and a half,” she said. “Leaf vegetables tend to move under these conditions, and some have, so we experiment with drought -friendly varieties like Amaranth.”
However, the drought are not all bad news; Although they can still be irrigated, it will be a brilliant year for tomatoes, said Hutchings.
“We have to make sure we pour them, of course, but they will ripen faster,” she said. “It will be a fantastic season for tomatoes, and this little drought really increases the taste.”
Frisbees and tennis balls are usually not a characteristic of the noble event, but Monty Don from BBC Gardeners' World brought both to his dog -friendly garden.
Ned, the Golden Retriever, followed his toys in Don's creation, which contains a special “robust lawn” for dog companions, flowers for pets and a pond for dogs. The BBC Radio 2 moderator Jo, while she also brought her dog, who played on the lawn with NED.
Don to see on the lawn and said: “You can see that he looks pretty confused. I don't know what it will be like for the end of the week, but it's a real lawn and it is for dogs in which you can play.”
Ned also helped him to design the garden by creating paths through the flower boundaries, and revealed Don: “If they look exactly into the border, there are ways where the dog is woven through.” He said a fox had already enjoyed these crumpled rooms and slept under the poppy flowers on Sunday evening.
Queen Camilla, a dog lover, should visit Don's Garden together with her new Terrier Moley, who was adopted by Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, where the garden is relocated after the show.
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Although dogs are celebrated in Chelsea, cats are not welcome in the singing garden.
Susan Morgan, managing director of the Surgbird Survival of the charity, which sponsored the garden, said trees with prickly thorns were selected to take off cats from climbing them, and annoying birds.
“Take a look at it-a cat wouldn't like to climb that,” she said, pointing to a wide-leaf cockspurdorn. The garden is designed in such a way that it greets and supports songbirds that go back drastically in Great Britain.
The garden is full of plants that produce berries for birds, including black currants and alpine strawberries as well as pollarming -friendly flowers that attract insects that are prey for birds.
“We also planted thick hedges that are perfect for them to nest,” added Morgan.
She has not yet seen songbirds in the garden, but there is evidence that you have already enjoyed. “It is a bit busy here during the day, but there was bird droppings on the plants – we believe that they will come at night. There is an amel on site that we want to put on when it is a bit quieter,” she added.
Cate Blanchett, Carol Vorderman, David Tennant and Judi Dench included Cate Blanchett, Carol Vorderman, Carol Vorderman, Carol Vorderman, David Tennant and Judi Dench on the day of the show.