Jury comment
This little garden is celebrated for its big spirit and deep connection to landscape and place. Composed of native plants and locally sourced materials, the garden exists in harmony with the patterns of the sun, the wind and the changing seasons. It challenges preconceived notions of residential gardens as empty assemblages of parts with limited connections to place or appreciation of the value of ecosystem services. Here instead, carefully considered garden rooms are curated to relate to the landscape and dwelling in different ways, offering a range of immersive experiences in this coastal setting. Demonstrating how a sensitive response to the specifics of place can create connection to nature and provide experientially rich spatial opportunities, this is a fine example of a developing imperative to bring nature back into residential gardens.
Salt Wind Garden is located in Carrickalinga, South Australia on the land of the Kaurna people.
Project credits
Landscape architect Oxigen Photographer Oxigen
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