At the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2009, I created an Underwater Garden. It featured five tanks filled with tropical plants from all over the world. One of them was based on the Amazon river in South America, the largest river in the world and home, of course, to piranhas!
Other tanks included African and Asian plants and fish!
Asian tank
African tank
Mixed tank
But the highlight of my Chelsea display was the piranhas! Did you know a pack of them can rip the flesh from a full-sized cow in two and a half minutes! Needless to say, HM the Queen loved the garden! Who wouldn’t?
David Domoney is a Chartered Horticulturalist, Broadcaster, and Author. David has worked with a number of the UK’s leading garden retailers as a plant buyer and strategic consultant. With more than 30 years experience, in horticulture, David is as passionate about plants now as he was when he bought his first plant at a village fete.
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