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NATURE
NATURE

C ONTA CT

DETAILS

leonkluge@yahoo.com
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sven@phonixcapture.co.za
WINNERS

AT THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW

PHO T O S B Y S VEN MUSICA

ead designer and P. serruria florida. creating new vistas to explore as one
acclaimed plantsman Leon moved around the exhibit.
Kluge, together with artist Using natural clay to form the sculpture,
Tristan Woudberg, led a Woudberg explains that large panels After a four-year hiatus and the sponsor
group of volunteers to weaved through the display, creating from 1989-2019 withdrawing its
Hcreate this year’s display the earthy backdrop for the flora to take support, a private sector team stepped
which included large clay sculptures centre stage. The sculptures took on in to ensure that South Africa’s flora was
forming the backdrop for the beautiful the role of mountain ranges, dividing once again represented at the world’s
fynbos flowers. Numerous species were the different biomes of the Cape. The premier flower show. A contribution
used, from the high-altitude fynbos to natural cracking effect provided by the from the Rupert Nature Foundation
the strandveld bulbs which hug the clay is a reminder of the contrasting and Grootbos Private Nature Reserve
coastline. In total 22 000 stems were wet and dry seasons of the fynbos provided the financial support needed to
Tulip
used and a special effort was made to biomes, as well as the fragility of these create the display in London.
include the rarely seen hybrids such as ecosystems. The negative spaces in
Protea ‘Snow Leopard’, P. sulphurea and the sheets of rock acted as windows, In addition to Kluge and Woudberg,

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