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Bronze Show Gardens
By Inge Jabara Landscapes
Inge Jabara’s ‘Granum Florere’ is a reflection on the experience of being stuck at home in lockdown in Melbourne, and finally being able to move back outside. Inge wrote:
“Reflecting on the last two years of my life, working from home, not able to see the family and friends. Life was hard for everyone. Now back to normal life, to entertain, see my family, hug a friend or go out to dinner. Live again, it is the best thing ever. This year I wanted to create a display that represented my experience of this time and how I viewed the world around me.”
The Chair at the back of the stand represents the home office, and the three square arbor structures are representative of doorways, windows or apartment windows. A pebble pathway represent the thousands of Melburnians all forced to follow the same directions.
“The Water Troughs are really important to the design. Very small bodies of water representing emotional rollercoaster of the last two years. Sadness and happiness. They are situated near the Boulders deliberately as the boulders represent the other emotions of the past two years, the anger and frustration. There is one boulder deliberately situated at the front (my future space), this draws on a personal emotion for me one that I still get today. Frustration, that even though we are moving forward into the future I cannot forget the past.”
By Budling Design
A garden that celebrates neurodiversity, ‘Through the Lens’ is a fully accessible garden that celebrates the heightened sensory perception many children, and their carers experience each day living with Autism and sensory processing challenges. Matt York explains:
“We have designed a garden to be immersed in, to learn and play through, to re-set the senses, and to develop a dialogue of opportunity for future inclusive spaces.”
The garden uses plants, flowers, poetry, topography and play, to create a series of spaces designed to reflect on the seven.
It aims to provide education, a space of refuge and play, as well as a rich sensory celebration.
'Through the Lens' imagines a world where the opportunities of designing spaces with heightened sensory awareness will be of benefit to everyone, and that we have so much to learn from those who experience life with such depth and magnitude.”
