"A garden is the most intimate landscape ensemble I know of. It is close to us. There we cultivate the plants we need. A garden requires care and protection. And so we encircle it, we defend it and fend for it. We give it shelter. The garden turns into a place.
…The hortus conclusus that I dream of is enclosed all around and open to the sky.”
I was so lucky to catch Peter Zumthor’s pavilion [hortus conclusus] at the Serpentine Gallery (London, UK) – the 11th year for the commission in the gallery’s annual series. The beautiful hard edges of the exterior is sculpted by light-wells that lead you to the organic interior garden filled with softness and life designed by Piet Oudolf. I spent close to 2 hours just taking in the sweet smells and colors of all the existing plant culture.
