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Arriving in Göteborg: squeezing under the gigantic Älvsborg bridge

Arriving in Göteborg: squeezing under the gigantic Älvsborg bridge

Jean-Yves Gilg5 September 20155 September 2015

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Paris pit stop, cont’d - another rather fabulous restoration: former ‘universal store’ shopping institution La Samaritaine returned to its original Art Nouveau glory, with Eiffel-style metal frame, vast atrium, and enamel panels. Disappointingly, though perhaps predictably, the new shopping experience has dropped the eclectic ‘On trouve tout’ approach in favour of the more anonymous luxury brand concessions.

Paris pit stop, cont’d - the cupola frieze at the former Bourse de Commerce, depicting art, science, agriculture and industry (those factories spewing fumes were the future, once), and former French colonies and dominions.

Paris pit stop - masterful restoration of the former Bourse de Commerce, by Tadao Ando, with striking concrete cylinder catching the shadows of the 19th-century glass roof.

Kniphofia time at the Barbican. And Melica, and Sesleria and, and… dozens more plant species which create a mass in almost constant movement. From a distance, it can look a little homogenous, with the grass matrix really coming to the fore in places, but as you approach, you get distinctive ‘frames’ of plant combinations, where each plant shows its own form, features and colour, and you start noticing the summer flowerers coming up: Salvia, Echinops, Perovskia, Penstemon, Hylotelephium, Verbena, Stachys, Nepeta etc. And it’s really difficult to photograph properly.

Mercury touching the light, and Apollo mounting guard (of sorts) outside the woodland, Rousham.

The bountiful walled garden, Rousham, with self-seeders merrily leaping over the formal, low box hedges.

The cool, relaxed formality of the Friluftsliv garden, blending clean straight lines with flowy planting.

A few more stills of Tom Stuart-Smith’s garden at Hampton Court, where the blues, yellows and greens turn to pinks and purples, catching the late afternoon light and softly lolling in the breeze. Incredibly inspiring.

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