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Thursday, 02 February 2012
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 With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, wedding bells are set to chime at the Ellerslie Flower Show.
Christchurch Landscape Architect, Olive Screen, has designed a
wedding-themed garden titled ‘Straight from the Heart’ and is hoping her
garden will host the show’s first-ever wedding. Organisers have begun a
nation-wide search for a couple to participate.
Straight from the Heart, to be constructed by Pohutukawa Landscape Ltd,
will feature a heart-shaped lawn in the central area, over which hovers a
smaller, heart-shaped deck.
A bronze winner from 2010, Olive says she researched marriage when designing her entry for the 2012 event.
“It won’t be a traditional garden with roses and buxus hedging, but what
the planting palette promises is a garden that harks back to those
historical and biblical connections.”
“I didn’t want anything to do with the earthquake; no demolition
materials, recycled bricks or crumbling walls. I wanted the garden to be
about new beginnings and happy endings. This is a garden where dreams
will be realised.”
Olive, who is also a marriage celebrant, will officiate at the wedding
during the show (March 7-11) in Christchurch's North Hagley Park.
Interested couples should contact Olive via email:
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or on 027 289 1006.
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