Exhibitors
Small Gardens
Oaklands College St Albans/Stephen Granger
Centrifugal Chic
Designer: Stephen Granger
Sponsor: Oaklands College, Smallford Campus
Contractor: Oaklands College, Smallford Campus
The garden is in the style of an exotic jungle. Copper-clad raised beds reflect the leaves and the radiating lines of the deck. The wall provides a textured background for the sculpture of fan-shape copper piping.
Birch trees add height and their trunks, which have a coppery tint, accentuate the lush planting. Key plants are Betula albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ to enhance the copper colour scheme. Dramatic foliage interest is created by cannas and Ensete ventricosum ‘Maurelii’. Foliage is dominant with flowers secondary.
The decking is made from a combination of recycled plastic and recycled hardwood.