A Garden by Night - Cube @ Hampton Court

With light play and shadow play being equally important in creating both drama and intrigue in the garden and dusk, evening and night time Encouraging the extended use of outside space onlate summer evenings, which can also be viewed froma snug interior at chillier times of the year, is the mainaim of the designer in creating this garden. Recent developments in LEDs have radically enhanced how planting can be combined with lighting as they give out virtually no heat to scorch and harm foliage. Therefore the time seemed perfect to explore creatively this often neglected dimension. Plants have also been selected fortheir after dusk ‘performance value’ in terms of scent and colour as well as for their structure and texture and aredesigned to look good in the daytime too. With light play and shadow play being equally important in creating both drama and intrigue in the garden and dusk, evening and night time each offering differing moods, this garden shows only a glimpse at possibilities that tempt us to explore still further. Designed for Cube Lighting by Kari Beardsall Kari, originally from Norway, embarked on her second career of garden design in 2000 achieving several RHS horticulture and garden design qualifications before winning a SilverGuilt award at Hampton Court in 2008. As well as taking on private commissions, she is helping an orphanage in Africa develop sustainable productive gardens.