Carl Pickens designed and built the Silver Distinction Award winning garden ‘Peace by Piece’ for the 2010 Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch. This garden asked a simple question….’what can we do to make the world a better place?’ Carl invited people all over New Zealand including school children in Christchurch to answer this question. Answers were transcribed onto recycled wine bottles and placed into a series of curved walls designed to mimic the sacred geometric pattern ‘flower of life’. This was a garden that could not have realized without the help of many sponsors, including all the people who willingly gave their time to write messages on bottles.