Floating Garden, Regent's Park, London.

Floating gardens gently sway on the water of the Lake at Queen Mary's Garden in Regent's Park, London.

Round shapes with different sizes close to each other, but each with its own pattern and color, and, sometimes, flowers and herbs.

Unusual forms to draw attention on the endangered and neglected life in urban ponds and rivers created for the Chelsea Fringe in London by Linaria, an Italian based non-profit organization.

Among its latest projects: Frutta Urbana [Urban Fruit] to map, harvest and distribute fruit that grows in town parks and gardens and Frutteto a Metropoliz [Orchard in Metropoliz] to create a small orchard with ancient varieties of fruit trees in Metropoliz (Rome).

Still few days to see this installation before the famous collection of roses in the Queen Mary's Garden takes over.

Photos:
TravelinaGarden, Chelsea Fringe, London, May 2015.

Links:
Chelsea Fringe, London 16 May to 7 June 2015.
http://www.chelseafringe.com/event/floating-garden/2015-05-16/

Floating Garden, Installation. Linaria Organizzazione non profit per la bio e biblio diversità
http://www.linariarete.org/wp/?cat=17

The Green Entrances. Orticola, Milan.

Rigorously green for the three entrances to the Orticola Flower Show. The few steps between the street and the rich exhibition of flowers in the public gardens in Milan are lined with palms, fruit trees and bamboo. Inspired by the elegant Dugnani Palace, celebration of the work carried on by the nurseries along the years and evocation of a luxuriant, meandering urban jungle, these fresh shady entrances are a perfect introduction to the flower show.

 

Botanical Design Portals
Dugnani Entrance- arch. Marco Bay/Enrico and Giorgio Cappellini Nursery.

 

"The Fantastic Fruit Orchard"
Cavour Entrance- Silvia Ghirelli/Nursery dei Molini (fruit trees)- Vivaio Minari (box trees) - All'Origine (glass containers).

"Bamboo bamboo" 

Palestro Entrance - Anna Scaravella/Fratelli Ingegnoli Nursery.

Photos: 

TravelinaGarden, Orticola, Milan May 2015.

Link:
Orticola Flower Show 2015.
http://en.orticola.org/