Garden Futures

In many cultures, the garden has been a paradise and a place of refuge, a reflection of identities, dreams, and visions, a world in miniature. Be it a strictly arranged work of art or a naturalistic perennial paradise: the form that people give to their gardens always reveals their own relationship to nature – and sometimes that of entire cultures and eras.

For many artists, designers, and landscape architects, the garden has always been much more than a romantic retreat – it is a testing ground for new ideas, a place to imagine and achieve a better future. Today, in the face of climate crisis, globalization, and food insecurity, the garden has again become a laboratory for new concepts of sustainability and social justice, a place of hope and promise.

Among others: Aino Aalto, Marjan van Aubel, Roberto Burle Marx,  Derek Jarman, Alexandra Kehayoglou, Jamaica Kincaid, Piet Oudolf, Mien Ruys