Stunning Botanical Garden in Marrakech, a blend of art and nature, hails among the most stunning worldwide
The much-anticipated book Contemporary Gardens by Phaidon is set to hit bookstores on September 25, offering a visual feast for nature, design, and landscape art enthusiasts. This comprehensive guide to modern landscape design showcases 300 gardens from 40 countries, demonstrating the diversity and creativity in contemporary garden-making.
One such garden is the Anima Garden, located just 28 km from Marrakech, Morocco. Imagined by Austrian artist André Heller, the Anima Garden is a unique blend of lush vegetation, artistic installations, visual poetry, and fantasy. Covering an area of 8 hectares, this vibrant green space features towering trees, cacti, succulents, and tropical flowers, as well as colorful statues, giant totems, and strange silhouettes.
The Anima Garden, a kind of giant playground, halfway between a child's dream and artistic delirium, offers a constantly changing scenery with each step. It took eight years of hard work to bring this enchanting garden to life.
Another noteworthy garden featured in the book is the Little Island in New York, an elevated public park designed by Heatherwick Studio. Known for its innovative structure and lush plantings, it doubles as an outdoor gallery, offering a perfect blend of horticulture and urban art.
The High Line in Manhattan is another garden highlighted in Contemporary Gardens. This linear public park, originally a disused railway line, has been transformed into a thriving green space that integrates horticulture with urban art, serving as a testament to the power of sustainable design.
The Orozco Garden at South London Gallery is another garden that merges sculpture and horticulture through intricate brickwork and overgrown grasses. This garden is considered an artwork in itself, showcasing the intersection of horticulture, art, and design in contemporary garden-making.
Contemporary Gardens also features gardens accessible to the public as well as more exclusive private spaces, providing a broad spectrum of green spaces designed with a sustainable approach. The book is visually stunning, with each garden highlighted by a large photograph and a text explaining the creator's approach.
With Contemporary Gardens, Phaidon has curated a collection that breaks the classic mold, revealing surprising or unexpected details about these places. This book is shaping up to be the ultimate reference for those interested in contemporary garden design. So, get ready to immerse yourself in a world of innovation and beauty when Contemporary Gardens hits the shelves on September 25.
- Some in-flights might offer a peek at the vibrant Anima Garden, a contemporary garden featured in the book Contemporary Gardens, providing a perfect blend of air travel and home-and-garden lifestyle excursions for the travel-loving gardening enthusiast.
- After indulging in the exquisite lifestyle of a luxury stay at a private garden featured in Contemporary Gardens, one might find inspiration for their home-and-garden decor upon returning home, incorporating elements of modern art and horticulture into their own personal space.
