They sit around a glass crown in the centre of the display. The 12 cast glass forms have been specially made and represent the national emblems featured in Hartnell’s embroidered design, including the thistle of Scotland, the Australian wattle and Canadian maple leaf. Nigel Dunnett, Lead Horticulturalist for Superbloom, selected a delicate, semi-formal structure of shrubs such as lavender, santolina and brachyglottis greyi to frame a sparkling mix of summer flowers, hinting at the gold bugle beads, pearls and diamante on the dress, which dazzled viewers around the world on coronation day. The layout of the space, with concentric scalloped hedging, evokes the scalloped tiers of embroidery which feature on the gown’s silk skirt. It draws on the colours, shapes and motifs in the Queen’s coronation gown, which was designed by Norman Hartnell. The concept for the garden was developed by Andrew Grant and James Clarke of Grant Associates, the lead designers for the Superbloom project. In addition, glass forms by glass artist Max Jacquard will feature in the specially created ‘Queen’s Garden’ at the Tower for Superbloom. Exhibitions | 19-05-2022 Contemporary glass part of ‘Superbloom’ at Tower of London for Queen’s Platinum JubileeĪ display of flowers has been planted to fill the moat at the iconic Tower of London as part of ‘Superbloom’, one of the celebrations marking the Platinum Jubilee year of Her Majesty the Queen.
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