NAIT display garden is a mini, lush green oasis

Aditi JustaMar 25 2010

For the past seven years, NAIT’s landscape architectural technology students have been putting their heart and soul to organize Edmonton Expo Centre’s annual home and garden show. The $6,000 from the local business community helps the students shape their design into reality. The designing process started just after Christmas for a school competition and the win in early February left the 55 students who worked hard on the project with a desire to see the garden for real.

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The garden has everything from evergreen shrubs to dappled willows. It includes planters made from duct piping and 4x4 boards, seats made from scrap wood and rebar and cabinets left over from a builder’s job and refinished by the NAIT crew. ReStore, a Habitat for Humanity enterprise that raises money by reselling surplus buildings materials, is also promoted at the show. The students have created outdoor furniture using donated materials that will be displayed at ReStore. The garden also wraps around a miniature house, built by local designer Rosalyn Lazaruk and stocked from fridge to furniture entirely with ReStore materials.

The garden covering 2,000 square feet is divided into three areas that are dedicated to living, cookin, and relaxing. The wide brick walls filled with an array of plants surround a miniature waterfall, a fabric-draped pagola and an outdoor TV and fireplace. The home and garden show that opens today will not just see beautiful environment but will also encourage sustainable practices.

Via: EdmontonJournal

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