The Chelsea Flower Show has made good use of shipping containers in some of its show gardens. The most obvious is the the RBC New Wild Garden which is designed to make the most of rainwater. Its central feature is a 20ft second hand refurbished shipping container which has been turned into an artists studio. This shipping container conversion has a green roof and the sides have hung on them habitats especially designed to attract beneficial insects. After the show the garden will be sited at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire
Shipping Container converted into a Artists Studio at Chelsea Flower Show
But other gardens have mademore traditional use of shipping containers taking uses the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne for inspiration and features plants never before seen at Chelsea. They used shipping containers to transport the sculptures and plants from Australia to their site at Chelsea.
The Australian Garden being packed into shipping containers before its journey to England
Shipping containers continue to have lots of uses – even at the 2011 Chelsea Flower Show!!