Second Chance

Second Chance

• Sponsored by

  West-Friesland Plant, Van Vliet Kastanjehout, Garden Centre Lokkemientje, Garden Centre Floridus, BAZA Seeds, Jos Buis Goederenvervoer

   

• Bronze medal winner

• Designed by Students from Clusius College
• Built by Students from Clusius College
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  Current rating 4.2 (10 ratings)

Students from Clusius College, Netherlands have designed the Second Chance garden, built from materials and plants that have been thrown away. The willow is the main element in this woodland-inspired garden, which features hand-made willow fences, a pollarded willow and a hollow willow trunk filled with ferns.

Sustainable elements include the path of rubber mulch chips, walls constructed from wine bottles and slanted gutters used as a zigzag waterfall. Sustainable chestnut wood has been used for the bridge, willow fence and roof. Natural woodland plants combine with old-fashioned vegetables, and the living roof is covered with grass, sedum and herbs.