Tête-à-Tête: A show garden exhibited as part of the Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival 2017

Tête-à-Tête was installed for Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival, the design focused on the power of flowers and encouraged new ways of seeing with a tête-à-tête invitation. Visitors were invited to indulge in an alternate view, to enjoy a confrontation and appreciate flowers through physical immersion. Visitors were invited to gain low-level panoramic perspectives, whereby the depth of field and palette evolved throughout the garden and changing seasons. This view elevated the status of flowers, elevated an appreciation for form, texture, colour, individualism, existence and through interaction and an alternative way of viewing, elevated thought.

Clean horizontal and vertical lines cut through the mass planting. Raised planters at average human head height and body mass were encountered at eye level allowing the visitor to reflect, rethink and recharge-restructuring ideas of natural order.

Supported by: HarrisonStevens