Treebox garden to appear on Countdown to Chelsea

The Treebox living wall is appearing on BBC One’s Countdown to Chelsea programme.

Treebox, which specialises in urban greening, has been working with garden designer Matthew Childs and Dan Riddleston of landscaping contractors Bowles & Wyer.

Countdown to Chelsea has been broadcast at 3pm each weekday in the run up to the show opening on Tuesday, May 20, and is following the progress of the garden’s installation.

Treebox are installing two 3m high panels comprising a variety of ferns. The panels have been designed so that their texture creates a fluid-like feel, which mirrors the garden’s water feature.

Armando Raish, managing director of Treebox, said: “Treebox has been involved in previous installations at Chelsea, and everyone in the team is excited to be working on such a prestigious and challenging piece for the 2014 show.

“Our living walls have been used in a whole range of urban settings, but this installation at Chelsea also vividly and beautifully illustrates how well they can work in gardens too.”

Garden designer Matthew Childs, who decided to pursue his dream of becoming a garden designer after surviving the July 7 London bombings in 2005, has designed a tranquil, thought-provoking garden for show sponsors Brewin Dolphin. The garden, which includes copper arches, rough damp mossy boulders and smooth rippling liquid metal, seeks to convey a sense of anticipation and emerging energy.

A team of up to 14 is working 12-hour days to complete the installation, with around 170 man-days going into its construction.

Matthew has previously won the Best Show Garden award at the Hampton Court Palace Garden Show.

To see a list of all the Countdown to Chelsea programmes, both screened and forthcoming, visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0441zgd/episodes/guide

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