2008 Hampton Court Palace Flower ShowRHS Website

Dates:8th-13th July 2008 Venue: Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey

Conceptual Gardens Exhibitors

Avant-garde, cutting edge and provocative, the Conceptual Gardens challenge the boundaries of garden design and are designed to stimulate the imagination and inspire creativity.

Show Gardens | Water Gardens | Small Gardens | Conceptual Gardens | Inspiring Spaces

Plant Spa

Plant Spa

Mair Ellis

This garden has been inspired by the threat posed by man to the plant environment. The theme of the garden is an imaginary world of the future, where plants we once took for granted must be protected from the harsh enironment we have created.

[ Plant Spa ]

Ceci N'est Pas Un Jardin

Ceci N’est Pas un Jardin

Sim Flemons

Referencing the work of artists Fischli and Weiss, Magritte and Duchamp, the installation challenges the onlooker as to the definition of a garden.

[ Ceci N’est Pas un Jardin ]

Gambling EnvironmentsGambling Environments

Anita Smith

‘Gambling Environments’ illustrates the consequences of careless human waste disposal. The cubes represent a set of fortune dice and each face of the dice carries a different word upon it.

[ Gambling Environments ]

 

Ecstasy in a Very Black Box

Ecstasy in a Very Black Box

Tony Smith

‘Ecstasy in a Very Black Box’ has been designed for MDF The Bipolar Organisation, to raise awareness of the condition and the work of the charity.

[ Ecstasy in a Very Black Box ]

Forest2

Forest2

Ivan Tucker

Forest2 is a conceptual garden with three main themes: the manipulation of perception by visual illusion; abstraction of a natural system; and the forest and the emotional response it creates in the person experiencing it.

[ Forest2 ]

Somnium Argentum Somnium Argentum

Caragh Walsh

This garden is intended to represent a dream-like scenario; on completion this installation could be appropriately sited within the grounds of a hotel, spa, holistic centre or a spiritual retreat. The garden represents a person’s journey through their life and the various paths open to them.

[ Somnium Argentum ]

 

 

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