A unique partnership will see one of the main attractions at next month's RHS Chelsea Flower Show re-homed at the Conkers Discovery Centre in Moira.

The Meta Garden: Growing the Future, designed by award-winning landscape designer Joe Perkins MSGD, will be making the journey to the heart of the National Forest.

After its initial appearance at the Chelsea Flower Show (24-28 May), the garden will have a new home in Moira.

The National Forest has transformed 200 square miles by planting nine million trees and reaching 22 per cent forest coverage.

The Meta donated garden will be included in the Queen's Green Canopy initiative, which is focused on planting trees to celebrate The Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Inspired by the mission to support British woodlands and forests for future generations.

The Meta Garden: Growing the Future has been designed to highlight the crucial relationship between soil, fungi and plants, which together form the basis of resilient forest ecosystems.

The immersive garden will feature a complex pavilion structure that represents the mycelium networks that connect and support woodland life and a central seating area sunken within the environment rather than imposed above it.

The rehoming will also support the community woodlands work of the National Forest, with the garden being cared for by local volunteers.

It poses an opportunity for visitors to show how the garden's resources are being reused, to boost the local economy, improve the environment and offer a new outdoor learning space in the Heart of the National Forest.

Meta's Vice President of Northern Europe, Steve Hatch, said: "The Meta Garden: Growing the Future champions nature-based solutions to climate change and shows how we can protect our wonderful British woodlands.

"We've seen a boom in enthusiastic plant-lovers across the UK during the pandemic. Individuals and communities coming together on places like Facebook Groups and Instagram to share their tips, get inspired, and educate themselves on how we can all learn from nature to make more sustainable decisions for our planet.

"We're delighted to partner with the National Forest to rehome the garden so that millions of people can enjoy it for years to come."

John Everitt, Chief Executive of the National Forest Company, commented: "This is a forest of people as much as the trees.

"It is the people that have come together over the past 30 years to create the Forest, like nature's mycelium network that underpins our biodiversity.

"We believe in the power of trees to transform people's lives as well as the landscape, and will be excited to see Joe Perkins's Meta garden relocated here.

"It will provide a lasting inspiration for our communities and visitors, and a showcase for how we can all live more sustainably."

The partnership between Meta and the National Forest is shining a light on how much more can be achieved when we all join together to take on shared challenges like climate change.