This week, we visit one of the fresh gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show 2015: the Dark Matter Garden for the National Schools’ Observatory, which won a gold medal and the best show garden in the category.
The main feature is the corrugated iron structure representing the effect of dark matter on the light.
The circular seating area made from bent steel rods is densely planted – even the path has little groundcovers coming through.
The curved steel rods reflect the light around massive objects in the universe when dark matter is present – if this will not make us interested in physics and astronomy, nothing will!
