Southport Flower Show 'Kuro': Client Brief
The garden this year is actually two in one. The first is a dark urbanised, simple space set within water with minimal planting and dominating structural elements. A porcelain pathway leads through a sunken firepit area up to a cube shape building.
‘The Cube’ is a secondary space accessed through a single doorway creating a totally separate environment. The idea attempts to explore how to create a zone closed off from the surrounding world within an urbanised garden that someone could go to disconnect, contemplate or relax.
Kirman Design Cheshire based garden designers and landscapers in Cheshire and the northwest.
Southport Flower Show ‘Kuro’
The Brief:
To create a contemporary garden using the theme of the show: 'The Curious Garden' and use products which the sponsor C&W Berry supply (porcelain, aggregate and fencing).
The Garden:
The garden this year is actually two in one. The first is a dark urbanised, simple space set within water with minimal planting and dominating structural elements. A porcelain pathway leads through a sunken firepit area up to a cube shape building.
‘The Cube’, clad with Yakisugi timber is a secondary space accessed through a single doorway creating a totally separate environment. The idea attempts to explore how to create a zone closed off from the surrounding world within an urbanised garden that someone could go to disconnect, contemplate or relax.
Accolades:
Large Gold Medal
The Southport Corporation Trophy: Best (Class 1) Large Garden
The Pontins Trophy: Best outside show garden
The Brian Aughton Memorial Trophy: Best use of plants in a display