Tech giant Meta has opened its interactive, woodland-inspired RHS Chelsea Flower Show Garden to the public.
Created by landscape artist Joe Perkins, the garden aims to highlight the importance of nature-based solutions, such as tree-planting and forestry, in the fight against climate change.
Featuring a pavilion structure, the garden is intended to be an immersive experience for visitors, with a sunken central seating area aiming to reconnect our bonds with nature.
Underneath the pavilion, guests will be able to interact with a digital installation called ‘Hyphae’, designed in collaboration with Cinimod Studio, Sacha Molyneux and LEDFlex which allows users to interact on a more personal level with the garden, immersing themselves in an artistic, audio-visual experience representing the beauty of fungi and the deeply interconnected nature of British woodlands.
At the conclusion of the Chelsea Flower Show, the garden will be moved to the National Forest, as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy campaign for the Platinum Jubilee.
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“There is an urgent need to redress the balance of our relationship with the natural world, and there is so much to learn from the connections in nature, both in terms of how we learn to support and preserve sustainable forest ecosystems, and in how we come together as communities – in-person and on platforms like Facebook and Instagram – to tackle climate change,” Perkins said.
Meta VP of Northern Europe, Steve Hatch added: “The Meta garden: growing the future’ is all about championing natural solutions to climate change and how we can protect our wonderful British woodlands.
“We’ve seen a boom in enthusiastic plant lovers across the UK during the pandemic.”
“Individuals and communities coming together on places like Facebook Groups and Instagram to share their tips, get inspired, and educate themselves on how we can all learn from nature to make more sustainable decisions for our planet.”
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