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Tuesday 19 May 2015 - 11:19 Makkah mean time-1-8-1436
 London, (IINA) - The prestigious Chelsea Flower Show awards are handed out Tuesday in the presence of Emirati exhibitor Kamelia bin Zaal who will be the first UAE national designer to display at the Royal Horticultural Society’s annual show in London, a highlight of the British social season.
Her garden came under the scrutiny of the judges on Monday and she hopes to clinch a gold medal for The Beauty of Islam, UAE’s The National daily reported.
“It would be great but I’ve already got my award because I’m here,” bin Zaal said. “This is the epitome of my life’s ambition, to be at Chelsea. As a garden designer, this is the Oscars.”
“I’m just absolutely over the moon, I’m running on excitement. The garden has just come out so wonderfully,” she said.
Her garden reflects Islamic and Arab culture and includes inspiration from the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
It is dedicated to Sheikh Zayed, the founding President, a passionate garden enthusiast.
Sheikh Zayed exhibited many of his own gardens at Chelsea, including the 2003 gold-medal winner “Garden from the Desert”, designed by Christopher Bradley-Hole.
“Hopefully I’m carrying on his legacy,” said bin Zaal, who is also the first female Arab landscape designer to participate at Chelsea.
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