The Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) African Garden, which won a prestigious gold medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show earlier in the year, is being installed at the Eden Project,

On Friday, October 18 the garden will be open to view by the public in the Mediterranean biome. The area tells the story of how the CAMFED supports the most excluded girls and young women in rural sub-Saharan Africa to go to school, succeed and become leaders in their communities.

The gold-winning garden attracted a great deal of attention at Chelsea, not only by winning the gold medal but also the coveted BBC/RHS People's Choice Award in the 'Space to Grow' category. It helped to launch the international non-profit's #SeeGrowth campaign.

CAMFED's alumnae, one of whom inspired the garden, are committed to supporting more girls to go to school. They help build resilience to climate change, grow food to nourish school communities and create local employment.

The garden was created by leading London-based designer Jilayne Rickards, who had been inspired visiting CAMFED in Zimbabwe. Surprisingly, she was a first-time exhibitor at Chelsea and had no previous experience of creating a show garden. It was after meeting Beauty Gombana, a CAMFED alumna from Zimbabwe who runs her own agricultural business, growing nutrient rich crops and employing local staff. She allows her farm to be used as a learning resource and funds other girls to go to school.

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Our Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show will demonstrate that when you donate to the Campaign for Female Education, you are not just donating to charity. You are investing in the education of a female agricultural entrepreneur like Beauty. After school, she will learn climate-smart techniques that will make her crops more resilient to climate change. She will pass on her knowledge and expertise to more young women. She will be able to support and nourish her own family, and contribute to the health and well-being of her whole community. Invest in a young woman agricultural entrepreneur and you will truly #SeeGrowth. Click the link in our bio to watch the full #SeeGrowth video and join us as we reveal teh story of the Garden. #CAMFED25 #RHSChelsea #ChelseaFlowerShow #Chelsea #horticulture #farm #agriculture #agriculturalentrepreneur #entrepreneur #business #health #healthy #giveback #payitforward #community #nourishment #education #skills #tools #knowledge #expert #WomenWhoLead #empowerment #womensempowerment

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Jilayne said: "It is really inspiring to know that our garden will live on at Eden and be enjoyed by millions of visitors. We hope it will continue to raise awareness about CAMFED's See Growth campaign.

"It has been empowering to bring two fabulous charities together that do such incredible work."

The garden will include biofortified food crops developed and delivered by international science collaboration, HarvestPlus; Enriched with vitamins, these crops support good nutrition in Africa, especially in mothers and babies.

The African-led movement has already helped 3.3 million children go to school, with nearly 140,000 young women in the CAMFED Alumnae Association leading the group. Last month, the Alumnae won the UN Global Climate Action Award in the category 'Women for Results' for effective and scalable solutions.