Wednesday 7 July 2010

Thought-provoking gardens


Conceptual gardens are not everyone's cup of tea. But two of this year's offerings really caught my eye.

The first was University College, Falmouth's “A Fable for Tomorrow” (pictured above), which shows the effect of man on nature and vice versa and seeks to raise awareness of the Cornish seed bank and other environmental issues.


The second was Steven Wooster's “Hearts and Minds Heat Sand Mines” (pictured below), a garden packed full of symbols that provides a memorial to the servicemen killed in Iraq and Afganistan. The central scuplture can be viewed from four different angles.