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Her design is inspired by the Japanese art of forest bathing, which has many health benefits. During her research, Ula met Martin, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy (MD) in his twenties. \u201cOutside the hospital there was nowhere to sit and process his diagnosis. He had to sit in his car. I wanted to create a space where a person can breathe and process their thoughts.\u201d The garden subtly tells the charity\u2019s story via its hard landscaping. <\/p>
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The central hub has a knapped flint wall that reflects the effect MD has on muscles, inspired by microscope images. Patients told Ula that visiting woodland can be difficult for them, so all of the organic paths are wheelchair accessible. But Ula wants the garden to be about the plants. Inspired by a birch grove, it has more than 50 native trees, mostly Betula utilis<\/em> <\/a>but also flood-tolerant alder near the water bowl and Crataegus x lavalleei \u2018Carrierei\u2019.<\/em> Woodland-edge plants are knitted together by rushes and grasses<\/a>, including Luzula nivea<\/em> and Briza media<\/em>, while Geranium sylvaticum<\/em> \u2018Mayflower\u2019, foxgloves<\/a> and wild strawberries (a nod to Ula\u2019s Lithuanian childhood) give subtle colour. <\/p>
<\/div><\/figure><p>Ula\u2019s contractor is Crocus, which is also growing plants for the woodland NGS Garden by Chelsea veteran Tom Stuart-Smith, for whom she once worked freelance. She has already laid out the design at Deepdale Trees, so feels reassured: \u201cI\u2019m in safe hands.\u201d <\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-key-elements\">5 key elements <\/h3><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><ol><li> Fifty trees, mostly silver birch. This is a lot more than most Chelsea Show Gardens, which usually have around ten. <\/li><li>Natural materials that could have derived from a woodland, such as clay and stone. Ula has sourced 120-year-old handmade clay pavers from a reclamation yard online, which were already covered in moss, for an aged look. <\/li><li>The central hub area, open to the sky, is a \u2018woodland glade\u2019 where people can gather. The knapped flint wall structure reflects the muscle cells in those affected by muscular dystrophy. <\/li><li>A bungaroosh wall Ula spotted one of these on a bike ride on the south coast, made from clay tiles, flint and seashells. \u201cIn the past, builders used everything left over onsite to build a wall. Here we\u2019re doing it in a considered way, using reclaimed materials.\u201d <\/li><li>A large clay water bowl, 2m in diameter, spills into a naturalised rill that runs through the centre of the garden.<\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/try.gardensillustrated.com\/chelsea-newsletter\/\">Sign up to our Chelsea Daily Digest newsletter to get all the latest coverage sent straight to your inbox<\/a><\/div><\/div><p>Contact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulamaria.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ulamaria.com<\/a> Contractor: Crocus. Plants: Deepdale Trees, Kelways.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designer Ula Maria has created Sponsor Project Giving Back Garden for Muscular Dystrophy UK for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":36079,"template":"","categories":[1,68,17],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"3"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/chelsea-2024-a-guide-to-muscular-dystrophy-garden-uk.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/chelsea-2024-a-guide-to-muscular-dystrophy-garden-uk-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/chelsea-2024-a-guide-to-muscular-dystrophy-garden-uk-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/chelsea-2024-a-guide-to-muscular-dystrophy-garden-uk-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/chelsea-2024-a-guide-to-muscular-dystrophy-garden-uk-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/chelsea-2024-a-guide-to-muscular-dystrophy-garden-uk-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/chelsea-2024-a-guide-to-muscular-dystrophy-garden-uk-2048x1366.jpg",2048,1366,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Designer Ula Maria has created Sponsor Project Giving Back Garden for Muscular Dystrophy UK for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/36078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}