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Silver Gilt Medal
Silver Gilt Medal
The National Autistic Society Garden
Designed by Sophie Parmenter, Dido Milne
Photo: Royal Horticultural Society
About this garden
The story
Designed by Sophie Parmenter and Dido Milne, The National Autistic Society Garden seeks to capture an autistic person’s everyday experience of the world, using walls of cork to create a series of spaces dedicated to different types of social interaction - at work, with friends and family, with partners, and with ourselves.
It highlights a strategy called ‘masking’ – a potentially draining process involving consciously or unconsciously hiding autistic characteristics in order to fit in. The cork ‘masks’ encircle a central sanctuary with a mesmeric kinetic sculpture, alluding to the inner mind’s complexity and beauty.
Award
Recognition
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Silver Gilt MedalRHS
The people behind it
Designers
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