Construction drawings

The plan (above) shows the interplay of the wall, seat, path and colourful ribbon. I have designed the curved wall (shown below here flattened out) to resemble the tree trunks in a woodland. For the Chelsea design I have been asked to use a Bradstone product called 'Panache' so I have used an edging section vertically, made in brown tones to evoke the look of woodland.

Below is an artist impression, followed by a more precise drawing where I am working out the quantity of a green wall idea. Here I am using 'Bod Pave' with a very shallow planting depth of just 40mm. This is usually used to protect ground surfaces from heavy traffic, so it is a bit of an experiment, but a test sample is looking good. The top of the curve is to be planted and will continue down to ground level through the path and into the planting to show a continuous flow of line. Panache is also used for the paving where a simple grid is cut to a curved path.

Chris and I meet up to look through my ideas for the ribbon sculpture, technical drawings and design development. He provides lots of good practical advice so that I feel able to answer the points raised by the RHS panel. I send off wall and seat construction drawings, new plan, artist impression and am later pleased to here that I am allocated a place on Royal Hospital Way at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012.