Recent Press about the Lemon Tree Trust garden at the Chelsea Flower Show 2018

Syrian seeds planted in dust of Domiz inspire stunning garden at Chelsea Flower Show
Arab News – 24 May 2018
Seeds of Hope: The gardens springing up in refugee camps
BBC News – 20 May 2018
Refugee gardeners vie with Chelsea
The Times – 20 May 2018
Taking Chelsea flower show inspiration from a refugee camp in Iraq
The Guardian – 19 May 2018
Refugee garden sets up camp in Chelsea
Financial Times – 18 May 2018
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018: Gardens good for the soul
Express.co.uk – 17 May 2018
Green shoots of hope: the Chelsea Flower Show garden celebrating the ingenuity of Syrian refugees
The Telegraph – 27 Apr 2018
Many thanks to Megan Davis at Perennial Gatherings for her generous donation this May, the latest in a series of kind contributions to Lemon Tree Trust over the years. Perennial Gatherings is a Vancouver-based floral studio and social enterprise, specialising in thoughtfully curated arrangements made with locally grown, seasonal blooms. Profits from floral sales are … Continued
Each month, our teams visit home gardens across nine camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to select a Garden of the Month winner. This April, we are delighted to celebrate nine gardeners whose creativity, commitment and passion for growing have transformed the spaces around their home shelters. Why the award matters In camps where … Continued
This spring, Othman Qewas, our Hêvî Community Garden manager, has been visiting schools in Gawilan camp, distributing tree and flower seedlings to children and introducing Lemon Tree Trust’s work to a new generation of young growers. Othman visited all five primary schools in Gawilan camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, reaching 124 pupils. At … Continued