( CNN ) -- The floral , serene surrounds of London 's Chelsea Flower Show seem a million miles from the screeching , full-throttle action of Formula One . But the two worlds have merged in a unique and award-winning way thanks to the Williams F1 team and a British tree nursery . `` The Williams Story '' is a topiary display which depicts the history of the nine-time constructors ' champions , from their origins in 1977 to Pastor Maldonado 's historic victory at the Spanish Grand Prix earlier this month . And , in keeping with the green shoots of recovery which were visible during Williams ' first race win in eight years , the piece features a life-sized topiary Formula One car . The eye-catching display , which also boasts a pit crew sculpted from living trees , has been handed a gold medal at the prestigious annual British horticultural event . `` Winning the gold medal is a fantastic achievement , '' Williams founder and team principal Frank Williams said . `` I saw it for the first time ( this week ) and was taken aback by its scale and attention to detail . `` The Chelsea Flower Show is a uniquely British occasion and to be successful at this illustrious event is a great honor . I hope the public enjoy the display as much as the judges . '' The topiary took over three years to complete and was sculpted using a fast-growing plant native to south-west China . The honor provides Williams with a timely boost ahead of this weekend 's Monaco Grand Prix , with the team looking to build on Maldonado 's win -- the first by a Venezuelan in the history of the sport . Williams ' celebrations were cut short by a fire in the team garage , a blaze which left seven people in hospital . The incident also resulted in Williams losing vital parts and equipment , but the team 's chief operations engineer Mark Gillan moved to thank the other F1 manufacturers for the support they have shown . `` The team 's preparations for Monaco have been somewhat hampered by last Sunday 's garage fire , '' Gillan said on the official F1 website . `` But the impact of the fire has been mitigated by what can only be described as a Herculean effort by the factory and our suppliers to restock both the damaged equipment and car parts . `` We would also like to thank the generous offers of help from the other teams , highlighting once more the excellent sportsmanship that exists in Formula One and high levels of camaraderie throughout the pit lane . ''
is the subject of a topiary display at the Chelsea Flower Show . ` ` The Williams Story '' features a life - sized topiary Formula One car and pit crew . The car has been awarded the annual horticultural event 's prestigious gold medal . Williams have thanked other F1 teams for their help following garage fires in Spain .