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Courseworks
were delighted to have been awarded the Tudor Rose Award and Gold Medal
for Best in show at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show for their
design of the Mitsubishi Motors sponsored Urban Chic Garden. This used
modern materials to create a low maintenance highly unusual garden inspired
by the bold simplicity of Japanese Zen gardens combined with the contemporary
urban style of the new Mitsubishi Shogun. The space aimed to reflect the
notion of a modern courtyard garden - fresh ideas within a contemplative
space.
Design features included:
- The driveway and garden, devised as one entire space are linked through its design elements.
- Central wall with window openings, painted a warm terracotta colour.
- Grass stepping stones link the two spaces, passing across the solid black granite water garden.
- The central water pool, filled with silver balls to create a unique contemporary element.
- Upper decking area, constructed from dark stained, highly smoothed wood providing ample space for a low table and seating cushions.
- Lower decking area, constructed from finished steel panels, darkened in colour to contrast elegantly with the reflective silver ball pool.
- Planting located within the beds is to provide organic shapes and forms to help soften the strong lines of the garden, and generate a space of tranquillity and contemplation.
Images of this show adorn 'Backyard Blueprints' the latest book by the internationally renowned garden designer and writer David Stevens.
The garden was constructed over a three week period after several months of design and planning. The images show the construction process from start to finish. (artists impression + annotations, 6 pics of construction circa. 4 of finished item again with annotations)
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