Natural Driftwood Sculptures: reclaimed Canadian Red Cedar driftwood garden sculptures, and driftwood for fencing, paving, decking, construction, cedar roof shakes and home office interior design

Natural Driftwood Sculptures News
30th March 2004
Urban Gardens 2004, Olympia, 7-9 May, 2004

	Reclaim the Good Life at Urban Gardens 2004

	Are you yearning for a simpler, healthier and more organic life, yet love the buzz and excitement of the big smoke? To learn how you can create your own urban homestead visit the Reclaim the Good Life Garden at Urban Gardens 2004 (Olympia, 7th – 9th May) and bring a taste of ‘The Good Life’ to your back yard.
	This year’s show will see Natural Driftwood Sculptures and established garden designer Kate Darcy, create a stylish garden that demonstrates how city dwellers can benefit from a more sustained and self sufficient lifestyle no matter how small their garden. The garden will also incorporate a range of recycled products, including stunning driftwood sculptures, which are naturally crafted by the elements and collected from the lakes and shores of Western Canada’s flooded valleys.
	Combining aesthetics and relaxation with functionality the Reclaim the Good Life Garden will create a rural idyll within the space of a typical town garden. Growing a range of herbs, fruits and vegetables the garden will demonstrate that, despite the average city garden being no more than thirty feet long, city gardeners can still reap the rewards of cultivating their own produce. As well as having a beautiful space in which to relax after a hard day at the office, without the hassle of ‘relocation, relocation’ to the country!
	Recycled wood boxes will be filled with basil, lemon balm, oregano, chives, chillies and a whole array of other fresh herbs. With runner beans, tomatoes and peppers growing in the 100% recycled TomTrays, the urban gardener will find all they need to add that special something to any culinary dish.
	And it doesn’t stop there. A self sufficient lifestyle wouldn’t be complete without your own supply of fresh, free range eggs. The Reclaim the Good Life Garden at Urban Gardens will give you the first chance to see the revolutionary new ‘eglu’ from Omlet. A stylish chicken coup specifically designed for urban living, it provides open plan living for up to three chickens.
	Providing organically reared chickens, ready to lay in their environmentally friendly coups, along with all the necessary accessories to ensure a happy and healthy life for your chickens, Omlet is offering city dwellers the chance to experience the joys of the ultimate in functional pets.
	The entire garden is constructed using recycled products and topped off with a stunning range of natural driftwood sculptures to ensure the space is a beautiful as it is productive.
	For more information visit www.urban-gardens.com or call the booking information line on 01905 743748.

	About Natural Driftwood Sculptures
	Natural Driftwood Sculptures Ltd (NDS) is a family enterprise; founded four years ago to collect and import Western Red Cedar driftwood sculptures and other reclaimed garden and construction products from Western Canada. The sculptures are the remnants of the early 20th Century lumber industry, recovered from British Columbia's hydro-electricity reservoir lakes. They have been formed by the effects of the elements and from drifting on the lakes' surfaces gently rubbing against the shoreline and each other. The company is managed in the UK by husband and wife team Magnus and Tracey Harding. The sculptures are retailed through a national network of stockists and distributors as well as direct via an online and mail order catalogue.

	About Kate Darcy
	Formerly a High School Geography teacher, Kate began her design training in 1998 with the specific aim of becoming involved in a more creative career.
	During her training Kate developed an interest in the history of design notably the Italian and French Renaissance garden style and how both have been re-used and adapted particularly during the extravagance of the Victorian Period. This has had considerable influence upon her design style leading to a particular interest in modern courtyard and formal gardens. This she combines with her basic philosophy that a garden should be a viewed as a living room, a place of relaxation and escape from the outside world filled with natural beauty, colour and fragrance.
	In addition to undertaking large and small domestic projects Kate was also involved with the restoration of the gardens adjoining HMP Foston Hall, Uttoxeter with the aim of returning them to their original Victorian character and style.
	Previous exhibits: RHS Tatton 2000 - Bronze Medal for "On Reflection" RHS Tatton 2001 - Silver Medal for "Shades of Victoriana"
	Also exhibited at Gardener's World Live 2001 with Steve Le Chevalier (Specialist Aggregates Ltd). "Garden Elements" which successfully displayed the potential of products based on recycled and reclaimed materials in the garden.
	Further information about Kate Darcy and her designs from: Tel: 01606 853799 Fax: 01606 853799 Mobile: 07801 850290 Email: kate@yourgardendesign.co.uk Web: http://www.yourgardendesign.co.uk

	Press pictures
	A selection of high-resolution digital images depicting a full range of the driftwood and the areas from which it is gathered have been included on both a thumbnail reference page and the enclosed CD for your reference. Also included are photos of driftwood displays and show gardens, demonstrating how driftwood can be used imaginatively in the garden. Further images are also available on request.

	Press releases
	A full copy of the press release (along with our notes for Editors), of which this news page is a summary, is available to download via these links as: • Acrobat PDF file (39K) • Word document (823K)

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