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Chelsea Flower Show Designer Covers Garden Features To Help Birds |
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Monday, 24 May 2010 |
The creators of an entry entitled ‘Lights and Colours Of The Alps’, inspired by the mountains of northern Italy, hoped to use mirrors to "symbolise the high altitudes, intense sunlight and the reflective nature of the snow and ice".
Officials at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), which runs the show, say confused birds could fly into the reflective surfaces, risking fatal injury.
It means the Italian pair behind the unusual garden have been forced to paint over the tops of mirrors and drape safety nets across the garden, at a cost of £3,500, only days before show opens to visitors on Tuesday.
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