3D tile CRACKED EARTH

outdoorfloorconcrete

Sophisticated, sustainable and symbolic, Hugo Bugg’s design will highlight global water issues and demonstrate practical, year-round water management solutions for home gardeners. This is in keeping with the goals of the RBC Blue Water Project - a wideranging, 10-year global commitment to help protect the world’s fresh water resources. Drawing inspiration from the parched effects caused by extreme global weather, the design is layered with naturally-occurring geometric patterns. The resulting angles and striking motifs expose and conceal sections of the garden, enticing visitors to explore the space via a ‘floating walkway’. Water will be directed through the garden at different gradients and speeds, mimicking the natural watershed and showing how storm water management can replicate nature although in bold and inventive ways. A variety of plants will have different roles in the garden's filtration, rain garden, and retention pools inviting unusual combinations and contrasts. A range of trees, grasses and herbaceous perennials will attract, give shelter and provide food for birds and insects, while selected irises and geum ‘lemondrops’ will create a vibrant scene of blues, lime-greens and yellows.