Gold winning garden to go from Chelsea to Southwark...
Harris Bugg Studio, Fabrix and Bankside Open Spaces Trust are working together to find a new permanent pocket park home for The M&G Garden in the London Borough of Southwark
Following the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Gold Medal winning The M&G Garden is to be relocated as a new, publicly accessible pocket park. Charlotte Harris and Hugo Bugg, the designers of the garden, property developer Fabrix and Bankside Open Spaces Trust are working in partnership to secure a location in the London Borough of Southwark.
The M&G Garden is about transforming neglected, unloved areas into new, tranquil and beautiful green space in the places we need them most - our towns and cities. Charlotte and Hugo always intended for the garden to be relocated as a pocket park in an urban setting where it would provide, new, permanent green space for people and wildlife. Their aim is to inspire designers, developers and communities to see how even the most unlikely places can be transformed into welcoming and sustainable green spaces in towns and cities everywhere.
“The relocation of The M&G Garden to a real place, where a real community can enjoy it, was absolutely central to our vision for the garden right from day one. We are thrilled to be working with Fabrix and Bankside Open Spaces Trust to make this a reality. We believe there is no place too small, too unloved, or too battered that cannot be transformed into a powerful and restorative green space.” Charlotte Harris, co-designer of The M&G Garden
“We are so thrilled to have won a Gold medal for this garden and for its message and purpose to live on as a real garden. Injecting more green spaces into our cities and towns is absolutely vital and it has been a joy working with Fabrix and Bankside Open Spaces Trust to bring this vision to life in our search for a permanent and public home for the garden.” Hugo Bugg, co-designer of The M&G Garden
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