Food 4 Thought

Sponsored by

Hadlow College

Designed by

Mandy Buckland (Greencube Garden & Landscape Design)

Built by

Brian Hawtin, Hadlow College

Web

www.hadlow.ac.uk

Food 4 Thought is an innovative design that shows the importance of fruit production within the setting of the county of Kent. Its theme is the increasingly diverse range of crops that can be grown in Kent. This garden represents past, present and possible future farmed crops and highlights food miles, the climate and the importance of water as a commodity.

The contemporary design features an outdoor dining table and ribbons of vertically-grown strawberries as a focal point. Crops that have traditionally been grown in Kent have been used in the garden, but you can look through the window to see a selection of Mediterranean plants, highlighting the potential to adapt crop selection as a result of global warming.