Festival International de Jardins

Traditionally gardens are often seen as a microcosm of how we as individuals view the world. Often this is a view that is perceived through rose tinted glasses and is rhetorical in its creation. Maybe even a necessary antidote to the stresses and strains of everyday life...

The inspiration for our garden design “The Garden of Global Warning” was the word “Chaos” which inspired us to create a very personal representation of all that is chaotic in today’s problematic world which we call home. Rather than being a tranquil retreat away from the madness of everyday existence our garden is designed to highlight some of the chaotic elements of our problematical world. Central to the design is a large metal globe which represents Earth. The Earth is observed balancing precariously on a mound of rocks. Radiating out from the Earth are a series of arrows. These arrows are coloured red and are meant to represent the lifeblood of planet earth slowly draining away. All of these arrows point at a small stone globes which are balancing on a low crumbling wall. Each of these globes in turn represents a different problem that challenges modern day society and causes endless chaos in the world. These problems include Ecological Crimes, Deforestation, Globalisation, Mono Culture, Global Warming, War, Famine and Migration.

In the South West corner of the garden are two large seats sculpted out of two large dices. While this seating area is intended as a place to observe, rest and contemplate the garden, it is also clearly suggestive of how we are treating our planet. Fundamentally we are gambling with our children’s future by squandering our non-renewable resources, when instead we should be focusing on developing solutions to our many global problems. The Blue circle represents the oceans of the world. The green circular lawn area the land while the crumbling boundary wall is representative of mans vain attempts to control nature. It also marks the boundary between the cultivated land and the remaining wilderness areas. We hope this garden design is provocative and thought provoking, the imagery clear, to the point and appealing to people of all ages and backgrounds.

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