All About Plants
Gold Medal
Gold Medal
The Talitha Arts Garden
Designed by Joe Carey, Laura Carey
Photo: Royal Horticultural Society
About this garden
The story
The garden is a celebration of the creative arts and their therapeutic power to restore the lives of those who have suffered trauma.
250 handmade white porcelain butterflies, created by ceramicist Naoko Tagai, pour from a large sculpted chrysalis, made by stone carver Teucer Wilson. This illustrates the sanctuary that Talitha Arts provides, and the transformational power of their creative workshops.
The garden unites sculpture, performance and planting - representing the wide spectrum of therapeutic arts. A minimalist palette of two main colours conveys the delicate moment between darkness (trauma) and light (transformation).
The garden has been designed from the relocation plan, backwards. The techniques and materials used have been selected in order to benefit the relocated, permanent garden which will be will be at St. Margaret’s House community centre in Bethnal Green, London.
Awards
Recognition
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Gold MedalRHS
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Best All About Plants GardenRHS
The people behind it
Designers
Planting
Plant lists
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Key Plants 4
Aquilegia buergeriana
Enkianthus campanulatus
Nectaroscordum siculum
Prunus serrula
Full List 49
Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum'
Ajuga reptans 'Choc Ice'
Ajuga reptans 'Rosea'
Athyrium niponicum 'Athyrium niponicum f. metallicum'
Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing'
Aquilegia buergeriana
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Heidi'
Asarum europaeum
Begonia grandis 'Claret Jug'
Blechnum spicant
Brunnera macrophylla 'Betty Bowring'
Camassia leichtlinii 'Alba'
Cardamine pratensis
Cenolophium rigens
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Convallaria majalis
Cornus canadensis
Cornus kousa
Deschampsia cespitosa
Deschampsia flexuosa 'Tatra Gold'
Digitalis parviflora
Digitalis mertonensis
Disporum trabeculatum
Dryopteris atrata
Enkianthus campanulatus
Epimedium x warleyense 'Amber Queen'
Geum 'Bell Bank'
Geum 'Bremner's Nectarine'
Gillenia trifoliata
Iris chrysographes
Lamium orvala
Lathyrus vernus
Lunaria rediviva
Luzula sylvatica 'Nova'
*Melica uniflora* 'Alba'
Nectaroscordum siculum
Orlaya grandiflora
Paeonia lactiflora 'Jan van Leeuwen'
Papaver dubium subsp. lecoqii '
Papaver rupifragum 'Tangerine Gem'
Peucedanum rablense
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Lady in Red'
Polystichum aculeatum
Primula 'Sunset Shades'
Prunus serrula
Tellima grandiflora
Tellima grandiflora 'Rubra'
Thalictrum 'Black Stockings'
Trollius chinensis 'Golden Queen'
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