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2013 edition - Gardens of sensations

19. Le parfum du blanc

The smell of the white

published at 17/10/2017
"Le parfum du blanc", Festival des Jardins 2013 - © E. Sander
Contemporary society subjects us to multicoloured stimulations on a daily basis. Television, images and advertising project an endless amount of colours difficult to escape and which unsettle or delude us.
The garden creates an atmosphere of visual and sensory rest, a monochrome place where visual and olfactory synaesthesia is achieved through the pure, simple, naive white flowers and their spellbinding fragrance. Inside unfolds a winding pergola, a sort of modern horn of plenty, of mixed fragrances and sensations covered in climbing plants. In the shade of the pergola we find ourselves in a cosy atmosphere cut off from the world where we can hide away and reflect, surrounded by heady scents.
In addition to the visual and olfactory synaesthesia, a tactile sensation is produced by the shadow and even, for the bravest visitors, by the rose thorns. Stepping from shadow into the light, from black to white, from night to day, a brief internal journey that leads towards the light to rediscover the beauty of the simplicity and purity of colours symbolises the triumph of the white flowers and their age-old fragrance.
“The aroma of white shines where the sun’s rays have gone”.

Designers

Fabio FERRARIO, architect and Elisabetta PALLONE, graphic designer
ITALY
 
 
Fabio Ferrario

“I was born in Vimercate (Milan), in northern Italy, and since 2008 I live in Rome. I’m architect with more than ten years of experience. I’m degree in "Landscape and gardens Architecture” at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", graduated with first-class honors 110 cum laude. From 2001 I have worked in different architectural practices in Italy, acquiring experience in all fields of architecture and especially in landscape & garden design. I'm passionate about gardens, nature and ecology that has led me to earn a degree in landscape architecture and gardens. Also I am interested in sustainable architecture and green building. I’m also passionate about travel & photography and I won the first prize of the prestigious Italian magazine "Oasis" on the theme "a click on the animal world"."

Elisabetta Pallone
“I’m a graphic designer who live and work in Rome. I graduated in Graphic Design from IED European Art School. After studies I did internship in Fao in qualifying for graphic and web designers to design logos, brochure and multimedia. I worked starting as Art Director Junior for an advertising agency of Rome where I created identities and distinctive collaterals for various clients, from visual identity to web design. In the leisure time I exposed for GRA a creative group of young designers that organized in some shows of graphic design. Actually I’m a independent creative, working for many firms and I’m specifically responsible for the design of a wide range of fields which include Direct Marketing, Visual Identity, Publishing & Web pages communication”.
 

GARDEN SPONSORED BY

THE GARDEN'S PLANTS

Betula pendula
Betula pendula ‘youngii’
Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'
Cornus alba 'Elegantissima'
Hosta 'Big Daddy'
Hosta plantaginea 'Japonica'
Hydrangea anomala 'Petiolaris'
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
Jasminum azoricum
Jasminum sambac
Lonicera caprifolium
Philadelphus coranarius
Philadelphus virginalis ‘ snow flake’
Phlox subulata 'White Delight'
Phyllostachys nigra
Rosa 'Frau Karl Druschki’
Rosa 'Schneeflocke'
Rosa ‘Iceberg’
Rosa ‘Mme Alfred Carrière’
Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’
Syringa vulgaris ‘Madame Lemoine’
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Wisteria brachybotrys‘ Shiro Kapitan Fuji’
Wisteria floribunda 'Longissima Alba'

GARDEN CREATED WITH SUPPORT FROM

Nidagravel
Espace Gazon
"Le parfum du blanc", Festival des Jardins 2013 - © E. Sander
"Le parfum du blanc", Festival des Jardins 2013 - © E. Sander
"Le parfum du blanc", Festival des Jardins 2013 - © E. Sander
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