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
This International Tea Day, our operations manager, Aveen, shares her delicious and refreshing recipe for herbal tea. It blends rose, lemon balm, rosemary, lavender, santolina and mint. Before Covid-19, Aveen and our group of gardeners enjoyed taking tea together in the Azadi Community Garden in Domiz. After a busy session tending to the plants, it … Continued
Mr Fothergill’s and the Lemon Tree Trust are working together to provide 100,000 packets of quality seed to people living in refugee and IDP (internally displaced people) camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Mr Fothergill’s is supporting our Emergency ‘Gardener to Gardener’ Seed Appeal with a week-long promotion to its UK customers. For every … Continued
The global spread of Coronavirus Covid-19 means it is not possible to run our garden competitions in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) this spring. However, we will continue to encourage people to sow seeds and enjoy gardening by celebrating refugee and IDP camp home gardens with a ‘virtual’ home garden exhibition this year. Residents … Continued
