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HENLEY in Bloom sold 129 hanging baskets in the first week they were available, which is already 54 more than at the same stage last year.
Residents and businesses are now able to order the baskets as part of the annual campaign supported by the
Henley Standard.
Windowflowers, which is based in Burnham, will supply and install the baskets at the end of May and beginning of June and maintain them all summer.
The contents of this year’s baskets have not yet been decided but the flowers will be bright to help celebrate conquering the coronavirus crisis and will have pollinators for insects.
In the past decades, sustainability and biophilia have been gaining momentum across industries as awareness of man’s destruction of the Earth becomes more documented. The Covid-19 pandemic has tipped the scales for this agenda to evolve from trend to necessity. But even before sustainability garnered a greater sense of urgency, Wong Chiu Man and Maria Warner Wong of Wow Architects have been propagating this in their work.
There is Vivanta by Taj, the hotel in Bangalore, India that has an accessible green rooftop that slopes continuously from the ground to the top of the building; the 2012 Archifest Zero Waste Pavilion that was made from upcycled materials which were later repurposed; and the St Regis Maldives resort that is ecological from building to operations. They are currently working on the Mandai eco-resort in Singapore that will nestle guests among conserved trees and is envisioned to be the island nation’s first super low energy resort.