How do you bring the Cameroonian rain forest to Chelsea?
Well that's the conundrum that my pal Jane Owen and her partner in crime, Anne Marie Powell, spent eight months planning and deliberating. Sponsored by Green & Black's, they wanted to raise awareness of the threat to the rain forest in Cameroon and to the local population there.
The result was a most unusual courtyard garden complete with indigenous plants such as Ficus lyrata (the fiddle leaved fig tree) and cultivated banana palms. The AK47 was a nice touch on the side of the stand. All that hard work earned the girls a Gold medal.
In the picture, Cameroonian women build the traditional Mongulu leaf house which forms the centrepiece to the garden.
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