Press Releases

1 May 2006

Art in the Australian Garden   

Works by some of Australia’s leading artists and architects have been installed in the Australian Garden to excite, inspire and enthral visitors to this unique garden.

One of the first views within the garden itself is of the Ephemeral Lake sculpture.

Designed by Mark Stoner and Edwina Kearney, the sculpture introduces the story of water and its transient presence in this arid continent.

The sculpture, at the southern end of the Red Sand Garden, is surrounded by red sand and drought-tolerant plants.

The sculpture is made up of low relief, liquid-shaped ceramic plates, textured and glazed to form a striking and evocative sculpture covering 60 square metres. 

It is hard to escape the impact of the majestic Escarpment Wall designed by sculptor Greg Clark.

This richly coloured red rusted steel structure with tilted and twisted segments inspired by natural rock formations, stretches for almost 100 metres, holding back the vastness of the nearby Red Sand Garden.

Down the foot of the wall flows the cascades of the Rockpool Waterway, depicting the story of erosion eating slowly away at the Escarpment Wall.

In and among these massive works lie 100,000 Australian plants of all colours, shapes and sizes, each a work of natural art.

The Australian Garden was designed by leading landscape architects, Taylor Cullity Lethlean, with renowned plant designer Paul Thompson.

Media enquiries: Penny Underwood on (03) 9818 8540 or mediawise@vicnet.net.au.