{"id":3928,"date":"2016-05-25T20:32:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T12:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/25\/first-female-black-designer-in-103-years-of-chelsea-flower-show-wins-gold\/"},"modified":"2016-05-25T20:32:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T12:32:03","slug":"first-female-black-designer-in-103-years-of-chelsea-flower-show-wins-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/25\/first-female-black-designer-in-103-years-of-chelsea-flower-show-wins-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"First female black designer in 103 years of Chelsea Flower Show wins gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f97146%2fap_819795644327\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/bYwuDDTidriJBuyRUnc_9PxS7RE=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F97146%2FAP_819795644327.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=First+female+black+designer+in+103+years+of+Chelsea+Flower+Show+wins+gold&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F25%2Ffirst-black-garden-designer-chelsea-flower-show%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F25%2Ffirst-black-garden-designer-chelsea-flower-show%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 The first black female garden designer in the 103-year history of the Chelsea Flower Show has won a gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>Juliet Sargeant&#8217;s &#8220;Modern Slavery&#8221; garden \u2014 in the &#8220;Fresh Garden&#8221; category \u2014 was designed to raise awareness of the plight of people in Britain being held captive and forced to work. 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