International Women’s day celebrates CAMFED’s achievements
It was great to see how International Women’s day, on 8th March, received extensive media coverage this year. I felt privileged to be invited to attend an event organised by the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust and the Campaign for Female Education...
Great Ideas, Who’s Going to Build It
It’s all very well having the most exciting and interesting garden, but without a strong landscape team it simply won’t reach its full potential – these are the unsung heroes of show gardens. Both CAMFED and I are newbies to Chelsea Flower Show and we felt we really...
We’ve Had An Upgrade
Delighted to announce that we have just been allocated a larger plot size of 10m x 10m for our Chelsea Flower Show garden, and have been relocated closer to Main Avenue – do come and visit us on RHW/289.Fortuitously, we have enough plants to cover the new size, shown...
Trip to Zimbabwe 2018
How can a designer put together a garden based on a place they haven’t been to? In order to design the CAMFED Garden I had to experience Africa for myself – the people, colours, sound, heat, vibrancy, plants and atmosphere. CAMFED suggested Zimbabwe as...
A sneak preview into the vibrant and colourful CAMFED garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
To lift you out of the gloom of January, I thought you might like a sneak preview into the vibrant and colourful CAMFED garden.Here are some of the materials and colours we will be using in the structure and build of the garden – it will be full of typical Zimbabwean...
The Design
Our medium sized plot will be packed full of energy and stories. It will be bright and colourful, positive and vibrant, as a direct response to my trip to Zimbabwe in 2018 and the inspirational people I met there.In the garden I wanted to reflect the way that...
How the CAMFED Garden came about….
I was introduced to CAMFED by my good friend Charlotte who works in international development and has spent several years in Zimbabwe. Charlotte and I went to school together in Falmouth, Cornwall, and were a mean team at the three-legged race when we were...
The CAMFED Garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2019
Give Girls In Africa A Space To Grow I am completely thrilled to bits to be promoting The Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) as part of Chelsea Flower Show 2019. CAMFED is an inspiring charity that is dear to me. By supporting girls through education CAMFED...