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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
The North American Landscape Kew at British Museum
Where: British
Museum
Type: temporary
exhibition
The British Museum is playing host to Kew Garden’s
‘North American Landscape’ from 10th May to 25 November
2012.
The main motive of the temporary garden is to
strengthen the cultural understanding of geographical landscapes around the
world and support biodiversity conservation. It draws attention to botanical
diversity and the threats faced by the north American plants due to the
destruction of the natural habitat.
The garden itself is a very nicely landscaped
temporary construction, with a great wealth of flowers, shrubs and trees. A
little wooden bridge gives access to the centre of the garden and each planting
has an educative text. The garden is visited by the hundreds of visitors to the
British Museum and people sit around the edge to enjoy a little corner of peace
and relaxation in the middle of a busy, urban and cultural setting in the centre
of London.
The project is a collaborative partnership between
Kew Gardens and the British Museum, the London Borough of Camden, Botanical
organisations and the universities across the United Sates. The project is
financed by American Express is the financial supporter of the garden. The
‘Landform Consultant’ is behind the beautiful design and construction of
Landscape.
Geffrye Museum &
Garden
Where: Geffrye
Museum
Type: Museum garden,
permanent
Geffrye Museum is one of Hackney’s nicest and well
maintained museum, hostings rooms based on interior design across the ages. The
museum has a private garden maintained as a herb garden and for educational
purposes. Recent development of the garden also provided an opportunity to
explore the links between the domestic interiors and gardens. Its designs was
inspired by a historical study of middle class gardens in Victorian times.
Photos
© Gavin Gardiner on LondonHolic
The museum and its garden are maintained by the Geffrye Museum Trust and London County Council with funding from Department for Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS). The garden conducts various activities, educational events in gardening and horticulture.
The museum and its garden are maintained by the Geffrye Museum Trust and London County Council with funding from Department for Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS). The garden conducts various activities, educational events in gardening and horticulture.
Kings Cross Skip
Garden
Where: Kings Cross
Central (development)
Type: Temporary
community garden
Global Generation, a local charity that works in
educating young people (not just in gardening) has taken base on the Kings Cross
regeneration site. Their innovative approach to overcoming the ‘temporary’ feature of the project was to build the garden elements in
skips! This not only gives them the capacity to relocate if necessary but also
gives them a strong and unparalleled identity.
Everything in the Skip garden is recycled and built
by the charity Global Generation with the great support of the local
community.
Dalston Eastern
Curve
Where: Dalston
Junction
Type: Temporary
community garden
This garden provides learning and skills
development in horticulture as well as an atmosphere where the local community
feels connected with and can come together in a natural
environment.
It is by all standards a fantastic example of a pro-active
community coming together to maintain a space which serves them.
The project started as the Dalston Mill (2010),
designed by EXYZT architects on the
site of the old railway line. This was such a great
success that the local groups, not least Open Dalston took ownership of it and
it became the Eastern Curve. A temporary project, it is
source of many local happening, such as gardening courses and community based
events.
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