GRAND DESIGNS FOR THE ULTIMATE GREEN GARDEN
Description
Visitors to Grand Designs Live ExCel London (8-10 June 2007) will be invited to visit the ultimate Green Garden and learn how to stylishly transform their own gardens while helping to tackle climate change. Sustainability is the central theme for the 2007 show and the Green Garden created by Christian Aid and the Eden Project will be a highlight of the show.
Grand Designs Live is based on the successful talkback THAMES series for Channel 4, which is presented by design guru Kevin McCloud. ‘We are committed to being as green as possible. Sustainability has moved from being a fringe issue to something that touches every aspect of our lives,’ says Kevin.
The Green Garden will showcase the latest eco-garden design and planting ideas, with innovative and unusual inspiration from Christian Aid’s projects overseas and the Eden Project’s famous Biomes.
Arranged under the branches of a giant tree sculpture, the garden has been designed in four sections to appeal to gardeners of all abilities: from fledgling to green-fingered expert; from those with a solo window box to those with a 12-acre estate.
Admire the latest renewable energy devices, explore organic edible gardens, take a stroll on the recycled paths and learn how to create a living wall.
In the green theatre, inspired by the Eden Project’s famous Biomes, there will be a chance to hear thought-provoking performances and ‘green’ stories that will appeal to both adults and children. It’s a place to escape from the hustle and bustle, and learn how to make our future brighter and greener.
All features within the garden reflect and tell the story of how eco-living and renewable energy is being used by Christian Aid’s projects around the world to help poor communities prepare for and adapt to the devastating effects of a changing climate. Visitors will be given a unique chance to find out about global climate change and see how they can make a difference.
Christian Aid will be asking visitors to the show to support their Climate Changed campaign, which highlights how the developing world is already on the frontline as climate change takes hold and ‘natural’ disasters increase. The campaign calls on the UK public to adopt a greener lifestyle and lobby the government and companies to commit to reducing their CO2 emissions.
Tickets for Grand Designs Live, which runs 8-10 June at ExCeL, London, cost £18 on the day, £14 in advance and can be obtained by calling the 24-hour box office on 0870 380 0342 or by visiting www.granddesignslive.com
About Christian Aid
- Christian Aid works in some of the world’s poorest communities in nearly 50 countries. We act where the need is greatest, regardless of religion, helping people build the life they deserve.
- Christian Aid’s Climate Changed campaign: Christian Aid has launched a major new campaign to get the UK to cut its CO2 emissions by five per cent a year by changing what we do at home and in the workplace and by lobbying the government and companies. If we don’t stop climate change, it’s the world’s poorest communities who will pay the price.
- Christian Aid and the Eden Project are members of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition and support its aim to build a massive movement that will create an irresistible public mandate for political action to stop human-induced climate change.
- Eden Project Limited is owned by the Eden Trust, which is a fully registered UK charity (no 1093070).
- The Eden Project is home to the two biggest greenhouses in the world – the Rainforest Biome and Mediterranean Biome.
- Around 1.2 million visitors come to Eden per year and it has generated £700 million for the local economy.
- So far capital funding of £135 million to develop Eden has been raised from a combination of £58 million from the Millennium Commission Lottery Fund, £50 million in regional grants from the South West Regional Development Agency and Objective One European Regional Development Fund, and £27 million in the form of loans, lease finance and Eden’s own revenue generation.
- Immediate information may be obtained from the website www.edenproject.com
- GRAND DESIGNS LIVE is based on the talkback THAMES series for Channel 4, which is presented by design guru Kevin McCloud. The event, which has evolved into a spectacularly vibrant show and changed the face of the interiors exhibition industry forever, aims to inform, excite and inspire visitors to create their own grand design – with everything they need from around the world available to purchase under one roof.
- GRAND DESIGNS LIVE – whether you’re buying a cushion or building a home, it’s a Grand Design! Grand Designs Live is made up of six sections: GRANDBuild, GRANDGardens, GRANDInteriors, GRANDKitchens, GRANDBathrooms and DESIGNShopping Arcade – catering for a broad spectrum of visitor requirements.
