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Gardens of the Future

£30.00

The book will respond to a range of themes from our exhibition by commissioning twelve international designers to create an original plan for a ‘Garden of the Future’. Each designer will take on a different garden type, addressing questions such as materials and sustainability, climate challenges and changing needs, in both private and public spaces. These specially commissioned garden plans will comprise 3-4 conceptual illustrations showing different perspectives, with a planting scheme or concept and 1000-word description of the ideas, trends and research that have influenced it. Additional photographs and sketches that have inspired the design, as well as informative contextual shots of designers ‘earlier work will also feature and support the piece.

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Description

Unique Visions for a Changing World

Accompanies Unearthed, the British Library Exhibition edited by Ruth Chivers, with a foreword by Olivia Laing.

Ten award-winning designers bring their unique vision to a series of garden types-both public and private-to inspire, motivate and provoke. Given a brief that extends to a maximum of 50 years into the future, their original designs mitigate the effects of a changing climate, encourage biodiversity, and address issues of legacy and land ownership, changing societal needs and individual wellbeing. They provide hope in a time of uncertainty and emphasize the power of gardening to nurture nature and adapt to change.

Interspersed between these original designs are features linking the garden types to themes and items in the British Library exhibition, Unearthed: The Power of Gardening, which draws on the Library’s rich botanical and horticultural collections.

About the Designers 

The Food and Medicine Garden by Harry Holding, The Botanic Garden by Eelco Hooftman, The Small Garden by Tom Massey, The Family Garden by Ann-Marie Powell, The Garden Square by Tonkin Liu, The Garden City by Nelson Byrd Woltz, The Rural Garden by Andy Sturgeon, The Indoor Garden by Sophia Kaplan and Lauren Camilleri, The Community Garden by Grow to Know, The Garden in Space  by Sarah Eberle 

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Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

144

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

712.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K