<div class="sb_slide_in_cus sb_slide_in sb_slide_in_right sb_sliding_in"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <div class="sb_slide_in_content"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <div class="et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_pb_fullwidth_section et_section_regular"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <section class="et_pb_module et_pb_fullwidth_header et_pb_fullwidth_header_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <div class="et_pb_fullwidth_header_container left"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <div class="header-content-container center"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <div class="header-content"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <div class="et_pb_header_content_wrapper">L’art du Jardin in Paris is the French equivalent of the Chelsea Flower show (UK) and the Royal Melbourne Garden Show (AU), with the only difference that it does not award medals. As part of a European marketing campaign Qantas commissioned our practice to design and construct an Australian Garden for the show.<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->The brief was simple: represent Australia with the colours red, blue and green.<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->The entrance to the garden depicted a runway with integrated floor lights for night activities and opening cocktail party. From there the visitor was guided through a series of rooms:<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ul><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><li> The Red Centre, with red soil, grasses together with magpies and emus.</li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><li> The beaches with sand, coral and surf boards.</li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><li> The rainforest with tree ferns, mosses and a creek.</li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></ul><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->All three were separated by a passageway representing a Qantas plane.<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->The main challenges were the distance and availability of Australian material in Europe.<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->A large proportion of the garden was sourced from Australia and freighted free of charge by Qantas. A variety of Australian photographers and Aboriginal painters were represented (with their permission and payment of royalties) on printed textile banners which framed the garden. Only the soils (sourced from south of France) and most of the plants (except the tree ferns) were sourced in France and England. Due to tight timeline and budget, all the preparation was done in Australia and culminated in 3-day construction frenzy on site. The bulk of the site work and coordination should be credited to Brett Foulis who was working for us at the time. <br> The garden was a great success and attracted the attention of all visitors.<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </div><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </div><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </div><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </div><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <div class="et_pb_fullwidth_header_overlay"></div><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <div class="et_pb_fullwidth_header_scroll"></div><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </section><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </div><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <!-- .et_pb_section --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </div><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <a class="sb_slide_in_trigger open"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </a><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></div><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] 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