London, UK. 8th July, 2013. Tip of the Iceberg, Sponsored by RHS, Silver Gilt medal winner. Designed by Caroline Tait & John Esling, Built by Caroline Tait (Caroline Tait Design), John Esling (Hedgery), Neil Stittle (Stittle Boat Services), Paul Richardson. RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Credit: martyn wheatley/Alamy Live News
Tip of the Iceberg Sponsored by RHS Silver Gilt medal winner Designed by Caroline Tait & John Esling Built by Caroline Tait (Caroline Tait Design), John Esling (Hedgery), Neil Stittle (Stittle Boat Services), Paul Richardson Looming into view, floating on a shimmering glass sea, is the Tip of the Iceberg. The sun reflects multi-faceted, crystalline elements within the garden, which on closer inspection are clearly recognisable as fridges. Given a new lease of life as building blocks and planters, each fridge represents an alpine habitat, filled with blue and white flowers basking in their cool surroundings. Inspiration came from Japanese gravel gardens and often seeing fridges dumped at the tip. Although the garden could be seen as just another ‘fridge mountain’, the design highlights the reality of our resource-constrained world and shows that something striking and beautiful can be created from the debris of modern life.
Size: 1936px × 1288px
Location: Hampton Court London UK
Photo credit: © martyn wheatley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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