South Africa Wins Gold at Chelsea Flower
Show
LONDON – The
magnificent display of South African wildflowers put together by the SA
National Biodiversity Institute at Kirstenbosch has received a gold medal at
the 2016 Royal Horticultural Society’s flower show, which opened today.
The team sent
out a tweet a few hours ago saying “Our #RHSChelsea Flower Show exhibit
received a gold medal!” It was South Africa’s 34th gold medal in 41 years at
the show.
“The waiting is
the worst part, but this makes all the hard work worthwhile,” said Lihle
Dlamini, SANBI’s Director of Marketing and Communication, who is part of the
team at the show. “It is just fantastic!”
“Well done,
team Kirstenbosch-South Africa!” SANBI said on its Facebook page.
South Africa is
reportedly one of the highlights of the massive and extremely popular show
every year, which this year was attend by the queen and Prince Harry, amongst
other royals.
“By Sunday
night, we know that we have done what we can, and it is over to the judges to
make their decision on Monday morning,” said one of the garden’s designers
David Davidson. “We are kept on tenterhooks – and away from our stand – while
the celebrities and Queen Elizabeth enjoy the show, so we only heard the happy
news this morning!”
A sneek peak of
the garden was given to the media at Kirstenbosch in late April. One of the
organisers, Sarah Struys, said the Chelsea exhibit would be a replica of the
Harold Porter National Botanical Garden in Betty’s Bay, which falls within the
Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, “home to the most complex biodiversity on our
planet with more than 1,880 different plant species occurring in only 240
square kilometres”.
By SAPeople
Staff Writer -
May 24, 2016
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