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Unique and diverse family-appeal programme is announced for 'A Garden Party to Make a Difference'
27th July 2010
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Sanjeev Bhasker, Jools Holland, Dame Vivienne Westwood, Sir David Frost, Alan Titchmarsh, Antony Worrell Thompson and UK’s Chief Scientist Sir John Beddington support the Party.
“This Festival aims to give people of all ages a fun day out, while at the same time, via the many imaginative exhibits, demonstrating the small steps that can, and are, being taken by all of us interested in building a more sustainable future’” HRH The Prince of Wales 1st June 2010.
Some of the highlights include: People powered dance floor * Cookery Demonstrations * A tiled dome made from mud * Hugh Dennis * Upcycled fashion workshops * Show gardens * B&Q’s giant shower head * M&S’s hanger grinder * The Prince’s vegetable patch * Kate Humble * Eco-car display * Giant Snakes&Ladders * Celebrity Chefs * Alistair McGowan * Debates and readings * Farmers market * Pledge tree * Fashion demonstrations * Children’s gardens * Bike powered lap-top * Musicians * Solar windows * Marcus Brigstocke * 3metre green piggybank * Parachute pavilion * Comedy * Children’s Ark
As the first details emerge of the highly imaginative content for The Prince of Wales’s ‘A Garden Party to Make A Difference’, it was announced today that this includes The Prince’s intention to make his disused curtains available, at the Garden Party, for ‘recycling’ by the public, into Morsbags. This unique Festival takes place in the gardens of London’s Lancaster House, Clarence House (the London residence of HRH The Prince of Wales) and Marlborough House from 8th – 19th September, from 10am – 6pm daily. The aim of the Garden Party is to entertain and inform visitors about introducing small steps towards sustainable living.
Visitors to the Garden Party will enjoy a rare experience in three of London’s most historic gardens – seeing them as never before: hosting spectacular installations, concerts, fashion demonstrations, food, debates, music and comedy by many household names, but all sharing the single theme of sustainability.
Confirmed, so far, for the debates in Clarence House Gardens are Alan Titchmarsh, Clive Anderson, David Frost, Antony Worrell Thompson and the UK’s Chief scientist, Sir John Beddington. Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy will be joined in the ‘Poetry Corner’ by Gillian Clark and John Sampson.
In the Gardens and along The Mall, will be over 2,000 square metres of exhibition space, showing an intriguing array of products and displays designed to help create ‘greener’ lives.
The Garden Programme, confirmed so far, includes the following:
GARDEN
Tom Petherick’s Innovative Edible Gardening Display
A selection of fruits, plants, vegetables and edible flowers will transform the façade of St James’s Palace into a breathtaking riot of colour.
The Prince of Wales Vegetable Plot
Visit the Royal Vegetable patch and discuss organic gardening with onsite experts
Celebrity and Professional Gardeners
Tips on ‘growing’ in many types of spaces
One Pot Pledge
Fill your paper coffee cup with a new seed to start your garden.
HOME
Giant Shower Head
Text a word to B&Q’s giant showerhead and see it projected onto a cascade of water
Sheep On A Ladder and Radiator Orchestra
Don’t lose sleep counting sheep over energy bills. Be inspired to insulate your home with sheep wool insulation as B&Q present sheep ascending a ladder to the floating loft hatch and listen to the radiator orchestra whilst learning to save energy.
3metre Green PiggyBank
Remember that being green saves you money as well as energy, with B&Q’s 3 metre Green PiggyBank.
The Shopping Trolley Chair
Marvel at contemporary design as Reestore take everyday waste objects and cheekily turn them into charming yet functional pieces of furniture and accessories.
Shell House, Pallet House and Parachute Pavilion
The 7 x 7 metre Shell House made from mud bricks and the Pallet House, both demonstrate imaginative use of materials for construction. And the Parachute Pavilion has recycled old parachutes to create a stunning structure.
Bike Powered Lap-top
Discover how much energy it takes to run Global Action Plan’s lap-top with pure pedal power.
FOOD & OUTDOORS
Knowing Our Food
Waitrose exhibits and stalls aim to explain where our food is sourced, how it’s grown, how it can best be stored, cooked and disposed of and tips on reducing waste and packaging
Celebrity Chefs
Cook ‘healthy’ with advice from celebrity chefs
Farmers Market
The very best in local & organic food from our extensive farmers market
Paint Recycling
Learn what to do with all those half full pots of paint you have in your garages and sheds with B&Q experts!
Pledge Tree
Come and make your pledges to a sustainable future at the state of the art, recyclable Virgin Money Pledge Tree
FASHION
Orsola de Castro’s Upcycling Workshops
Learn how to upcycle your old clothes and make brand new, fashion led, outfits from Orsola de Castro, the founder of Esthetica and a pioneer of upcycling.
Hanger grinder
Come and power the amazing Marks & Spencer clothes hanger grinder that breaks down old clothes hangers for recycling.
Rejigged Adult Clothing
Be inspired to adapt adult clothing into a brand new kids wardrobe at our Rejigged stalls.
The Prince of Wales’ Curtain Bags
Learn how to make a Morsbag out of some of The Prince’s old curtains and other waste material.
MUSIC
Ben Waters
One of the world’s leading boogie woogie & rock n roll pianists, Ben has toured the world and shared the stage with some of the biggest names in music!
Musical Delights
Discover some of London’s leading street musicians around the gardens playing some of the nations favourite tunes.
Poetry
Poetry from some of the countries leading poets including Britain’s Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clarke and John Sampson
KIDS
Children's Ark
The Ark is an art installation produced by The Children's International Arts Organisation. It provides space for exhibitions, workshops and performances in order to give children a voice on issues surrounding climate change and environmental science.
Giant Snakes & Ladders
Let the kids enjoy the ups and downs of our giant snakes and ladders, adapted to demonstrate good and bad sustainability choices
Feet Painting
Let your kids paint their feet and reflect on how they 'tread' on the world.
Six Schools
Celebrate six British schools that, together with Surface to Air Architects and Wilmott Dixon engineers, have created exhibitions designed to highlight various aspects of sustainable behaviour the pupils are proud of. Including the creation of a vegetable garden in a skip, these displays demonstrate why you are never too young to start living green.
Tickets, priced £15 for adults and £7.50 for children are on sale now. Tickets are timed for purposes of entrance only. Full details are available on the Garden Party website www.startgardenparty.co.uk