Chelsea Flower Show 2016 - Forever Freefolk cont'd 2

Inspiration comes in many forms it can be a word, or in this case it can be a picture with elements that give the basis for the ideas to create a conceptual garden. This wonderful fishing hut with the eel traps floating above the crystal waters of the river test, gave rise to the floating pathway running through the garden. The idea of some structure as a feature hovering over this path way was the next element to be designed, for this we went to the microscopic plankton that make up chalk.

These organisms are called coccolithospores which group together forming a coccosphere which is what we based our feature on. Above is the initial ideas of how it would look hovering over the water source. But as with all ideas and the practicality of functional design it has changed slightly.      

This was our first working model.

After this and many more detailed alterations that make the design operational the below cartoon is the finished article. Ready to star being put together in May 2016 for everyone to see.