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Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival2016Conceptual garden highlights

Take a look at some of the award-winning Conceptual gardens in 2016.

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Threaded in a dramatic pattern this red rope represents the complex journey destiny can take to connect two people.

The Red Thread, designed by Robert Barker, Gold medal

  • The ‘Border Control’ Garden highlights the plight of refugees and the risks many take to find shelter.
  • A wildflower meadow sits within a treacherous moat.
  • A razor wire fence restricts access to the refuge in the centre of the garden.
  • Toys and life jackets that were found washed up on beaches in Greece are strewn around the garden.
  • A Chinese myth states that at birth gods tie our ankles with red thread and attach it to the people whose lives we will touch.
  • This garden represents a modern interpretation of this myth.
  • Two oak character posts stand at opposite corners of the garden symbolising people destined to meet.
  • Threaded in a dramatic pattern this red rope represents the complex journey destiny can take to connect two people.
  • The Outdoor Room: Inner Demons garden aims to communicate the isolation of people living with depression.
  • The soft landscaping and naturalistic planting illustrate this concept.
  • The marginal planting representing friends and family unable to reach the rock island.
  • This Rolawn: Why? garden depicts the complexity and wonder of the universe and human brain.
  • A seemingly chaotic dome of black rods is positioned over a grass plinth – a reference to Chaos Theory.
  • The turf that covers the plinth seems simple, but on closer inspection is a complex structure and ecosystem.
  • Cut into the centre of the plinth is a miniature dome structure, the rods finished in gold represent the human mind.

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