A garden for lawyers

This was another of the "urban" garden displays at Chelsea. It's called the Magistrate's Garden. It's got a whole backstory to it. It is a garden designed to celebrate the role of the 650-year old Magistrate and "highlights the pivotal role"  the magistracy plays in delivering a balanced approach to the law. Heavy. It's conceived as a garden outside a courtroom, above a parking garage, maintained by offenders of the law performing community service.

I just thought it looked nice and was good use of space. It did feel more room-like than may other gardens, probably due to the London plane trees trained overhead to form large square "umbrellas" as a roof to the space. That and the small-scale doable green wall were my favorite take-ways from this garden.

Oh, that and the "bench" bench.

Ground is purpose permeable stone to absorb rain water. I liked the square blue seat-shrub-blue seat combo.

This green wall with fountain underneath seems almost approachable in scale
for a real-life project. The roses are Rosa "Justice of the Peace."

The boxwoods at the base of the London plane trees
helped give a polished finish to the garden.

Crowds, crowds crowds. You couldn't turn around without bumping into someone.
This shows the overhead trim on the trees. They're pleached horizontally.

Gardens don't have enough throw pillows.