
Front perspective of The Fauna & Flora International Garden – Jilayne Rickards




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Front perspective of The Fauna & Flora International Garden – Jilayne Rickards
Right from start, when the garden was just conceptual ideas, I wanted to make it as sustainable as possible. To do this, I thoroughly researched suppliers, considering the materials and their carbon footprint as well as considering using alternative construction techniques. Every design decision has been based around the need for the garden to be [...]
PROJECT GIVING BACK Project Giving Back is the vision of two private individuals who want to support a wide range of charitable causes whose work suffered during the global Covid-19 pandemic and continues to be affected by the economic downturn and cost-of-living crisis. The grant-making scheme gives UK-based charities and other charitable organisations the chance [...]
JILAYNE RICKARDS - DESIGNER Jilayne is a professional multi award winning garden designer based in Cornwall, UK. With sustainability driving every design decision, her gardens reflect the encouraging movement towards reducing our environmental impact. Often influencing clients and along the way, she carefully sources products by their carbon footprint, uses sustainable construction techniques and plants [...]
Trying to encompass the breadth of work Fauna & Flora International (FFI) covers is a difficult task, so we decided to focus on one of its flagship projects as an example of its work. After much discussion and debate, we decided to spotlight its gorilla conservation project in Central Africa, as it demonstrates perfectly how […]
We can all feel helpless when we see the destruction human kind has done to this planet, but we have to be positive and find ways to make a difference. I have been looking for a way to make my own difference and whilst in conversation with my zoologist friend he asked if I had […]
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About Project Giving Back
Project Giving Back (PGB) is a unique grant-making charity that provides funding for gardens for good causes at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. PGB was launched in May 2021 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and its devastating effect on UK charitable fundraising. It will fund gardens inspired by a range of good causes at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
PGB will fund a total of 15 gardens at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2023 and intends to fund up to 42 gardens at the show from 2022 – 2024. (Applications for 2023 & 2024 are now closed).
Project Giving Back was established with funding from two private individuals who are RHS Life Members and keen gardeners. They wish to remain anonymous. PGB will help UK-based good causes recover from the unprecedented effects of the global pandemic by giving them an opportunity
to raise awareness of their work for people, plants and the planet at the high-profile RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
About Living Landscapes
Living Landscapes is committed to sustainable and environmental construction practices, which has supported their long history in becoming BALI and RHS multi-award winners.
Living Landscapes collaborates with landscape architects and garden designers who also support its our core values. It firmly believes that landscape construction should complement the natural location it’s within. If wildlife and local habitats are created or enhanced through land forming and planting this should be done with careful consideration and thorough site analysis, ensuring the final creation naturally complements the surrounding environment.
About the International Gorilla Conservation Programme
The International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) is a unique collaboration between Fauna & Flora International (FFI), WWF, Conservation International and protected area authorities in the three countries where mountain gorillas are found: the Rwanda Development Board, the Uganda Wildlife Authority, and the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
IGCP’s mission is to conserve the gorilla and its habitat through partnering with key stakeholders while significantly contributing to sustainable livelihood development.
About Fauna & Flora International (FFI)
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) protects threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and that enhance human well-being. Operating in more than 40 countries worldwide, FFI saves species from extinction and habitats from destruction, while improving the livelihoods of local people. Founded in 1903, FFI is the world’s longest established international wildlife conservation organisation and a registered charity.