Aramex delivers waxwork of famous 17th Century botanist
Waxwork helps Borneo Exotics win silver medal at Singapore Garden Festival Aramex UK recently delivered a life size waxwork of the 17th century botanist George Everhard Rumphius created by Mike Wade Associates, craftsmen to Madam Tussaud’s, from London to Singapore; where it formed part of an award-winning exhibit for specialist Nepenthes plant growers Borneo Exotics at this year’s Singapore Garden Festival. The Singapore Garden Festival pits the best of the world’s award winning garden designers against each other and they are selected to attend for their previous achievements such as multiple gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Designers Diana Williams and Robert Cantley from Sri Lankan company, Borneo Exotics were one of the chosen few at this summer’s event and staged a 100 Sq. metre garden called ‘Season of Mist’ which showed off their Nepenthes plants and also featured wax figure of Rumphius as he was the man who gave the first ever scientific description of a Nepenthes plant. The exhibit was entirely constructed in Sri Lanka before being containerised and shipped to Singapore where it came straight out of the box in perfect condition thanks to logistics partner Aramex. The show attracted some 300,000 visitors over eight days. Quelle: Pilot Marketing Service |