Artist Lisa Cheung is asking for people lend their favourite houseplants, treasured shrubs or prized vegetables to form part of ‘Summer Palace’, a new artwork scheduled to be a major feature at the Southport Flower Show.

Over 100 special plants belonging to local groups in and around Southport and Liverpool will be displayed from August 16-19 within Summer Palace.

Cheung has been invited to develop Summer Palace - an offsite project that will be on show at the horticultural event. This sculpture will then be housed at Greenland Street arts centre in Liverpool throughout the autumn 2007.

The sculpture will house 100 cherished flowers, vegetables and plants for the duration of the Flower Show, creating one large-scale, collective display. Donated on a temporary basis to the show, the plants will be submitted for the sheer pleasure of sharing the beauty and enjoyment they give their owners, rather than for competition.

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