See here for photos of this project under construction

This submission for a ‘sense garden’ as part of the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show has been picked up by MIFGS as one of 4 show gardens, to be constructed in March/April 2012. Winner to be announced late March.

The proposal derives from the genius loci of Carlton, and embodies a shrine to coffee. ‘Coffee Street’ is essentially a vertical grid of steel mesh that is erected to the proportions of a terrace house facade. The mesh is interspersed with grasses in take away coffee cups, arranged according to their foliage colour to represent the bluestone patterning of a traditional terrace house. The theme of coffee continues further into the front ‘yard’ with an abstracted giant cappucino of grasses changing colour from browns to white, with some neo po-mo additions of milk cartons, milk crates and hessian coffee bags. It will be a tall fabricated structural element amongst a sea of soft landscaping. Some further competition entry images below.

Team:

Esther Sugihto – designer

Jenni Eaton – mentor/teacher at NMIT Fairfield

Julie Edmonds – coordinator, Landscape Victoria

Steve Syphers – builder, Birchwood Landscapes

Kathleen Rushford – MIFGS project manager, IMG