A highly polished and coloured winding path leads from the entrance to the centre of The World Vision Garden, allowing you to follow it round and become part of the ripple effect.

If the sun shines at Chelsea, you’ll be able to see the silhouettes from the towering tree ferns on the path.

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Woodruff is strongly scented with coumarin (a little like vanilla scented hay) that is used in Germany to flavour alcoholic drinks such as May Day wine.

When it is dried it can be used as pot pourri and a moth deterrent.

Sweet woodruff’s leaves are mildly anaesthetic so warriors used to tuck them into their helmets before they went to battle.

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Sweet cicely has a unique aniseed smell and is used for cooking soups, stews and stewed fruit.

It is naturally sweet, so can be used as a sugar replacement for diabetics, and can be used in herbal tonics for energy and digestion.

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The verdant planting in The World Vision Garden creates a soothing atmosphere. The colour scheme includes mauves, creamy whites and oranges.

Inspired by a trip to Bolivia to meet the child they sponsor with World Vision garden designers FlemonsWarlandDesign have included Lupinus mutabilis in their planting scheme.

This rare variety of Lupin is normally grown in the Andes but is being grown in the UK exclusively for The World Vision Garden.

The ancient plant produces a high protein bean called the tarwi bean. World Vision is helping families in Bolivia grow Lupinus mutabilis so they can use the tarwi bean to help improve their children’s nutrition and health.

Other flowers in The World Vision Garden include Geum borissi (in World Vision orange), Iris sibirica and Aconitum ivorine.

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At the heart of The World Vision Garden is a ripple pool filled with dark water.

Circular ripples spread from the centre to the edge of the pool, representing the ripple effect World Vision has in almost 100 countries across the world. By working directly with children World Vision also helps families, communities and, ultimately, entire countries.

The intensity of the dark water creates a reflective surface for the towering tree ferns, which symbolise the protection World Vision gives to children living in the world’s hardest places.

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The towering Australasian tree ferns enclosing The World Vision Garden provide shelter to the central ripple pool and highlight World Vision's work to protect the world's most vulnerable children.

The pith from the centre of the tree trunks is rich in starch, and was once used as food by Tasmanian Aborigines.

The uncurled leaves (croziers) are also edible, but have a slimy, sometimes bitter taste.

You’ll often find epiphytes – particularly orchids – growing on the tree ferns trunks.

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The ripple effect that World Vision creates across the world is shown throughout The World Vision Garden – including on the rippled walls which enclose the space.

By working with children, World Vision’s work also benefits families, communities and, ultimately, entire countries.

Alongside this, the walls create a sense of safety and security within the garden, representing the protection World Vision offers to vulnerable children living in the world’s hardest places.

The rippled steel screen oxidizes when it is exposed to the atmosphere, producing a rusty effect which is the same colour palette as World Vision orange.

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