'Bar for Purists': Chelsea Fringe at Embassy Gardens

Pop up horticultural experiences taking place in Nine Elms on the South Bank!

EcoWorld Ballymore is hosting 'Bar for Purists' at its Embassy Gardens development, as part of this year’s Chelsea Fringe. Embassy Gardens is a landmark mixed-use scheme which is set within the new Nine Elms Park, set to become a ribbon of landscaped green space running from Vauxhall to Battersea Park.

Londoners are invited to visit Embassy Gardens to be treated to an interactive experience with artist Nora Silva. ‘Bar for Purists’ uses a selection of plants proven by NASA to purify the air, visitors can sit at the bar and try vegetarian snacks from within a clean ‘air bubble’. Smell contributes to 80% of taste so the intention is to provoke taste with different smells and investigate what the impact is in its absence.

The Chelsea Fringe festival takes over London from 21st May – 12th June. Now in its fifth year the festival is continuing to grow in popularity, offering an alternative garden festival which celebrates guerrilla gardens, community projects, large scale installations, performance art, food events, street happenings and performances.

Nine Elms on the South Bank is perfectly placed to play a key role in the Fringe as it is situated just over Chelsea Bridge, a few hundred metres from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and an area that is bursting with horticultural history and local landmarks including New Covent Garden Market, Battersea Park, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens and numerous pocket parks. Embassy Gardens is a landmark development, which when complete will comprise approximately 2,000 new homes including al fresco spaces, shops, bars and restaurants.