Working closely with BGPA, PLAN E has created a unique landscape upgrade at the southern end of the Western Australia Botanic Garden . The Place of Reflection is designed to be a tranquil place; a landmark location where all people who have suffered loss or trauma can seek understanding, peace, healing, hope and renewal.
Continue reading Place of Reflection | Perth Australia | Plan E
|
|||||
|
In a former sand quarry, a new botanic garden has been completed, one that allows visitors to follow a metaphorical journey of water through the Australian landscape, from the desert to the coastal fringe. Continue reading The Australian Garden is complete | Melbourne Australia | TCL and Paul Thompson
‘Seeds of Change’ is a floating garden; the result of a collaboration between the designer Gitta Gschwendtner and the artist Maria Thereza Alves. The title ‘Seeds of Change’ stems from an ongoing ballast seed garden project from Brazillian artist Maria Thereza Alves. Between 1680 and the early 1900′s ships’ ballast – earth, stones and gravel from trade boats from all over the world used to weigh down the vessel as it docked- was offloaded into the river at Bristol. This ballast contained the seeds of plants from wherever the ship had sailed. Continue reading Seeds of Change | Bristol UK | Gitta Gschwendtner & Maria Thereza Alves  IMAGE CREDIT | Scott Burrows Guymer Bailey has designed the landscape of the Maroochy Botanic Gardens Arts and Ecology Centre as both an educational experience and as a means for people to enjoy the natural features of the Botanic Gardens and surrounding bushland.
SOURCE: Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Visitor Center Technorati Tags: brooklyn, botanic garden, 2010, BBG, Weiss Manfredi, |
| ||||
|
|||||
