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Outer Spaces
Crimson Crush
Designer: Phillippa Probert
Sponsor: Outer Spaces
Contractor: Outer Spaces, Groundwork Landscapes
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Crimson Crush is a romantic garden, designed as a dining area. The walkway and main deck seem to be floating above the water that surrounds the plot. Dark, rich colours create a passionate and intense mood. The richness is interrupted by flashes of white in both the hard and soft landscaping elements.
A pathway leads you in to the garden, over a carpet of waterlilies, and through a living screen of reeds, which adds to the seclusion of the space. Once inside the secret dining area, you are enclosed by tiered, raised planters containing deep colours, attractive flower heads and unusual foliage; Papaver, Dahlia and Agapanthus form an essential part of the planting scheme. Glass panels are mounted on the wall and lit from behind. This feature continues underfoot, with water lights shining up through the glass panels in the deck.