Landscape & Urban Design Issue 21 2016 | Page 38

Reford Gardens text Reford Gardens Opening Of The 17th International Garden Festival Twenty-six gardens will be on view this summer at the 17th edition of the International Garden Festival. Five new creations by designers from Canada, the United States, France and Switzerland will join the temporary installations on view and a sixth will be exhibited at special events throughout the summer. CYCLOPS by Craig Chapple, Phoenix, Arizona, United States Photo credit: Martin Bond T he International Garden Festival invites visitors to explore twenty-six interactive garden installations created by seventytwo landscape architects, architects, designers and visual artists from nine countries. For the 17th edition, five new creations by designers from Canada, the United States, France and Switzerland will join the temporary installations on view and a sixth will be exhibited at special events throughout the summer. Five new gardens of the 2016 edition of the Festival were selected by the jury from 203 projects submitted from 31 countries for the annual competition. LE CAVEAU is a complex construction made of stone gabions that support a levitating green platform. 38 Landscape & Urban Design Issue 21