THE ART OF NATURE

Laurent-Perrier Garden, Chelsea Flower Show 2009

Champagne Laurent-Perrier is uniting the world of art with the beauty of nature for the first time at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2009.

The 2009 Laurent-Perrier Garden, designed by garden designer Luciano Giubbilei, is an art form in itself, and includes a feature artwork by British sculptor Nigel Hall.

Giubbilei, a first time Chelsea designer, brings together art and nature in the context of a design that embodies understated sophistication, and is inspired by Champagne Laurent-Perrier’s own elegant, handcrafted style. The garden explores how linear design, using simple and symmetrical lines, creates order within nature, which in turn gives clarity of mind and a state of calm.

This year’s Laurent-Perrier Garden is a peaceful, contemplative garden that relaxes and draws the viewer in through a series of composed views and visual axes. The design forms part of an extended living space and explores the relationship between architecture, art and nature.

Framed within tiered evergreen hedges and trees, a monolithic stonewall formed of unfilled travertine blocks displays a ethereal work of art – the ‘Big Bite’ – by artist Nigel Hall. The hedges are rendered like an architectural feature, exemplifying the relationship between architecture and gardens.

The same stone extends through perfectly proportioned water features and sculptural sitting blocks, adding to the sense of harmony. The seductive qualities of repetition are also experienced through the planting in the garden - from the formal clipped trees, to the elegant blocks of tall grasses and perennial beds. Black bearded irises and a palette of claret coloured flowers present an asymmetrical arrangement; varied and multiple, balancing the formality of the design. The garden will be lit in the evening by The Light Corporation.

This is the first time that Luciano Giubbilei has designed a Show Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Established in 1997, Luciano Giubbilei Design aims to create timeless, balanced spaces using simple, clean lines, and works of art that resonate within the composition.

Whilst art has always been an important aspect of Giubbilei’s work, the world of contemporary and modern art is also an important sponsorship arena for Champagne Laurent-Perrier. The Champagne House has been handcrafting a fine and diverse range of champagnes from the Grand Cru vineyards of Champagne since 1812 – an art in itself - and sponsors many modern and contemporary art shows throughout the year, including the renowned Frieze Art Fair. This year, Giubbilei brings art and nature together for the first time for Laurent-Perrier at Chelsea.

Speaking about what Chelsea means to him, Giubbilei said: “For me, the process of creating a beautiful space at Chelsea Flower Show is a personal and inspirational experience. Envisaging how the viewers will perceive the space - the tension and harmony between the garden, the art-works, the materials and the furnishings that together create the final composition - is the most rewarding part of it.”

 

All plants on the Laurent-Perrier Garden are sourced from www.crocus.co.uk
Lighting by The Light Corporation - www.lightcorporation.com
Stonework by Granite Marble International - www.stonework.co.uk

For further information on Luciano Giubbilei please visit www.lucianogiubbilei.com.

For further press information on the Laurent-Perrier Garden, Luciano Giubbilei or Nigel Hall, please contact Kim Atkins or Alex Irving at Wild Card. Tel: 020 7257 6470, E-mail: deck@wildcard.co.uk

 

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January 2009