PLANTS AND PLANTING SYMBOLS GRAPHICS SHEET

These are the plants I chose for the border I designed for the plants and planting graphics sheet. I was particularly interested in creating late summer - autumn interest as well as providing winter structure.

Acer griseum

Fagus sylvatica (hedge)

Buxus sempervirens (cubes)

Salvia nemerosa 'Caradonna'

 

Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing'

 Digitalis purpurea 'Alba'

Geranium renardii

Iris 'Lightning Streak'

Pachysandra terminalis

Deschampsia cepitosa

Stipa gigantea

 

CURRENTLY READING

The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture
Tim Waterman
2009

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT II

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (b.1867 - d.1959)
Architect / Interior Designer / Designer
USA 

F-L-W also used to design the interiors for his homes and produced some really beautiful stained glass work and furniture. 
When thinking about the minimalist garden, the shapes in the stained glass really stand out. They almost look like garden plans, where the shapes could be planting. When looking at them like that, you can start to see where the ratio of mass and void is so important. I think the furniture would look good in all three gardens. I will look further in to the furniture at a later date.

 

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (b.1867 - d.1959)
Architect / Interior Designer / Designer
USA

Whenever I have creative work to do, I always revisit the work of F-L-W.  His use of materials and shapes has always particularly interested me - the way that he combines natural elements like wood or stone with clearly man made concrete or sharp lines next to water. He also doesn't create a barrier between his architecture and the landscape, managing to blend the two together,  but yet also keeping a clear distinction between them. Clever stuff!

MYOUNG HO LEE (b. 1975 -)

Photographer

South Korea

'Tree' Series

To achieve these photographs, large cranes are used to hold the white canvas up behind the trees, and then minimal digital retouching is applied to remove any visible cables. 

I think they are incredible and really inspiring for the gardens project. By removing the tree from its background you are really able to look at its form and appreciate how individual each one is. This could be put to really good effect in the Japanese garden, where specimen trees such as cloud trees and Acers are already used for their shapes and architectural qualities. Also, within the woodland garden, it could be interesting to highlight one tree out of the 'woods' to make you actually look at it as a single thing, rather than just a mass of leaves and bark....

 

 

 

PATH PATTERNED RUG

The pattern on this rug makes me think of overlapping paths. I could apply this idea to any of my chosen garden styles - just adapting it by using different hard landscaping materials..

JOE SACCO

JOE SACCO (b.1960- )
Political Cartoonist
Pen and Ink
The original article I read on him in the Telegraph Magazine: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10334363/The-world-of-cartoonist-and-journalist-Joe-Sacco.html


The Great War 

Other work:

KANTO SHIGEMORI GARDEN INSTITUTE CO.

KANTO SHIGEMORI GARDEN INSTITUTE CO.

Japan

I can't find much more information on these gardens or this company, but I really like the work they have done. These images cover a few of their projects

 

 

 

MIREI SHIGEMORI

MIREI SHIGEMORI (1896-1975)
Landscape Architect / Japanese garden history expert
Find out more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirei_Shigemori

This is a really important statement for me about the work of Shigemori:

"Shigemori...spoke extensively of the growing estrangement between people and the primordial power of nature, and his gardens are full of hybrid symbols that seek to reveal the cultural and natural histories their sites. Traditional garden forms are reinterpreted with modern materials and attempt to reengage the viewer with the ever developing continuum of Japanese culture".

 

Going to look out for this: