“Southend Borough Council’s ‘Metal’ Garden” Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

The garden is based around water issues including those of water conservation and excessive runoff and is designed to showcase planting suitable for an increasingly drier, hotter climate.

The inspiration for the garden has come from the paling in Chalkwell Park and from a project being developed in the park by national art group ‘Metal’, who are converting the Grade II building into a communal area where the local art community can gather for ‘working meals’ featuring locally found produce.