The Brewin Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in Numbers

The Brewin Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in numbers This year, the Brewin Dolphin Chelsea Flower Show garden has been designed by Matthew Childs. This infographic looks at the astonishing time, effort and resources that are going into its creation. Some of the statistics may surprise you... The weight of The combined basalt stone used height of the in the garden is the equivalent of 16 4 adult male African Trees elephants in the Brewin Dolphin Garden would be taller than Tower Bridge 3,975 perennials have been sourced and grown for the garden Matthew's preparations for Chelsea have seen him travel 5,215 miles, the equivalent of travelling from London to Beijing 1,600 145 packs cups Around 1,600 cups of tea will be drunk during the garden build. Don't forget the biscuits. We'll get through 145 packs It will take 4,000 12 11 man hours to build 10 and plant the garden, the equivalent of one person working 24 hours a day for 167 days 8. 4 The water rills in the Peter Brooke-Ball's garden would hold 4,650 bottles of wine sculpture 'Tranquility', a key feature of Brewin's garden, is made from a piece of Kilkenny Limestone believed to have been formed 370 million years about the same time ago a mass extinction wiped out three quarters of Earth's species... Mostly Fish 1762 BREWIN DOLPHIN f /brewindolphin Like Brewin Dolphin on Facebook for gardening tips from Matthew Childs 4,650