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Slideshow: Roundhay Park becomes home for Chelsea Flower Show garden
A haven for UK troops in the First World War has taken root in Roundhay Park.
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The garden entitled The Largest Room in the House has been unveiled in its new home after scooping silver in last year's Chelsea Flower Show.
Leeds City Council created the haven to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
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The garden is a re-creation of the grounds of Talbot House in Poperinghe, Belgium.
Talbot House was a rest home, hostel and chapel which became a place of peace and tranquillity for UK troops heading to and from the frontline.
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The garden, designed and created by the council's Parks and Countryside Service, equalled Leeds' best-ever result at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show by earning a Silver Gilt Flora award.
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Leader of Leeds City Council Councillor Andrew Carter said: "The Largest Room in the House is a fantastic garden which was hugely popular at Chelsea and reflected superbly on Leeds and the important message of remembrance behind it.
"We are delighted that it has now been installed at Roundhay Park for everyone to see and enjoy, and I encourage as many people as possible to come and see it for themselves along with the other Gardens of the World, which in some ways are the best-kept secrets of the park."
The opening of the Largest Room in the House is timely as its successor, The HESCO Garden, will be up against the finest garden designs in the world at next week's Chelsea Flower Show in the grounds of the Royal Hospital in London.
The garden features a replica of the Talbot House summerhouse as a focal point, with a heart-shaped path, pond and lawn leading from it.
The textures, scents and colours of the plants were carefully chosen to give a sense of comfort, peace and serenity, while a blaze of red poppies planted at the centre of the garden completes the air of remembrance.
The garden's new permanent home is in the 'Gardens of the world' section of Roundhay Park.
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