Winning design student to create garden at five-star London Syon Park, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel
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Created on Tuesday, 09 October 2012 15:07
KLC School of Design and London Syon Park, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel have teamed up to give the students the chance to create a new garden for the five star West London hotel. Looking to support budding UK talent as well as harness the creativity of the designers of tomorrow, London Syon Park, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel, will commission one winning design, from a selection put forward by KLC’s Diploma of Garden Design class of 2012.
Students were briefed by KLC’s Garden Design Course Director, Annie Guilfoyle and General Manager of London Syon Park Dale MacPhee, to communicate a design for a garden that will surround six large ‘reflecting pools’, existing in the hotel’s extensive grounds.
MacPhee asked that the students re-design the planted areas around six reflecting pools, consider the hotel’s historical setting within the 200 acre Syon Park estate and bring in elements of old and new.
They were briefed to create a strong story or concept which tied in with the edible aspects of the hotel’s herb and vegetable gardens and reflected the luxurious and contemporary context of the hotel, which opened in March 2011.
Students presented their designs on 1st October at London Syon Park, to a judging panel made up of Dale MacPhee, General Manager – London Syon Park, Annie Guilfoyle, Course Director – KLC and guest judges Charlotte Weychan, Blogger – The Galloping Gardener and Nicholas Roeber, Buyer – The Garden Centre Group.
Students built upon the skills that they have learnt throughout the course of their Diploma in Garden Design with this high profile commercial project.
Many of the designs presented were inspired by the historical context of the site, with some referencing the discovery of a Roman settlement there in 2010 and others the Renaissance architecture of Syon House itself. Creative aspects of the designs paid homage to the hotel’s inherent links with butterflies, its own edible garden and the proximity of the River Thames.
Practical aspects including budgeting, irrigation and plant choice were also considered.
Dale MacPhee, General Manager of London Syon Park noted ‘I am amazed with everything the students have shown me. Every one of the designs is fantastic and I congratulate them all.’
One winning design will be chosen by the panel, announced on 11th December and commissioned by London Syon Park in 2013.
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