MEDITE SMARTPLY donates medal winning Chelsea garden to charity

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Following on from the hugely successful RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the entirety of the award-winning MEDITE SMARTPLY Building the Future garden will be reused, with a large part being donated to Andover Trees United, a volunteer-led environmental charity that works closely with schools and local authorities. The impressive garden structure, made from MEDITE TRICOYA EXTREME, and including SMARTPLY STRONGDECK in its roofing, will be relocated to a local school in Andover, who Andover Trees United work closely with. "We are extremely delighted to be donating this astonishing garden to benefit local school children and students," commented Chris King, Managing Director - Commercial at MEDITE SMARTPLY. "To be able to contribute back to the community and educate people from a young age about the importance of trees and how they contribute positively to the climate change emergency is an incredible opportunity. The garden name 'Building the Future' really does encompass the ethos of the garden and its longevity. As a company, we are very proud to be taking a steer on this." The relocation forms part of MEDITE SMARTPLY's legacy campaign. "The construction industry needs to do more to avert the climate crisis. We need to embrace the concept of a circular economy; to reuse, recycle and refurbish existing materials to reduce waste and be more sustainable. Our engineered wood panels are an example of just what can be achieved." The Medite Smartply Building for the Future garden designed by RHS Chelsea Flower Show's most decorated designer Sarah Eberle at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London. Half of the trees used in the garden will be donated to Andover Trees United to be replanted in Harmony Woods as part of their 10-year planting project. The remaining trees will be reused by the multi-award-winning garden designer Sarah Eberle, in her other garden design projects. Landform Consultants, who are constructing the garden, will keep the 38 sheets of SITEPROTECT PLUS panels used in the boundary of the garden to reuse them in site hoarding of future projects.