London, UK. 8th July, 2013. The Clints and Grykes Garden, Sponsored by RHS, Silver Gilt medal winner. Designed by Benedict Green Garden Design. Built by Belderbos Landscapes RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Credit: martyn wheatley/Alamy Live News
The Clints and Grykes Garden Sponsored by RHS Silver Gilt medal winner Designed by Benedict Green Garden Design Built by Belderbos Landscapes This garden is a conceptual abstraction of the quarrying of limestone pavements, where the shapes of grykes (fissures) and clints (slabs) are formed using concrete from more sustainable limestone aggregate. The flat, pale grey surface of the pavement hides its planting until you stand directly over it, a metaphor for the way in which the most beautiful things in life can be what we fit between the cracks. The rare habitats of British limestone pavements used to be heavily quarried for use in garden rockeries. These rockeries rarely mimicked the natural beauty of the stone in its original setting. The clints and grykes formed in limestone pavements have a naturally ordered look that is reflected in this design through abstract lines and curves.
Size: 1936px × 1288px
Location: Hampton Court London UK
Photo credit: © martyn wheatley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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