Skip to Content
2014 edition - Gardens of the deadly sin
10

LE PURGATOIRE DES TENTATIONS

The garden

By entering the garden, you journey slowly, gradually, and in a festive manner towards repentance. The “purgatory garden” offers itself up as a purification pathway on seven levels, which are symbolised by flowers with a kaleidoscope of colours: blue, azure, mauve, and violet.
By following one stage after another, you are brought face-to-face with your own memories as a sinner.
Finally, with your introspection complete, take the time to sit inside giant cups that symbolise a party, in order to, at one and the same time, relax, share, exchange, and take the time, in a convivial fashion to reflect on your impressions and thoughts.

designers

Giuliana MARSIAJ and Vanessa ZECHIN, architects, and Raffaele COGNO, head gardener
ITALY
 

From left to right: Giuliana Marsiaj, Vanessa Zechin and Raffaele Cogno

Dott. Arch Giuliana Marsiaj, she'd got her degree in Architecture at the University of Turin. In the latest 90's she worked in famous studios downtown Turin and Milan where she makes experience of city and countryside renovations.Following her passion Giuliana starts to study historic gardens, while some years later she will take part of a workshop of historic gardens in Florence. She attended a Master in healing gardens at the Agronomy University in Milan and transformed her passion for Nature in her work, creating the studio "Ankhe' garden design"in Turin where with her staff projects and realizes gardens and green areas.

Dott. Arch. Vanessa Zechin, she'd got her degree in Architecture at the Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul UFRGS, Brazil in 2008. Vanessa took a Master in Restoration and Valorization at Politecnico of Turin University. She worked at urbanization projects in Porto Alegre and took part to many international workshops on the theme of urban design. She works in Ankhe' since 2009, projecting private gardens and public areas.

After artistic studies, and the Univerity of Architecture, surching for his "roots", Raffaele Cogno made a radically different life, more in contact with Nature. In 1980 he opened the Farm Althaea. The agrothecnic knowledge he learns from direct experience and with several workshops at the Agronomy School of Monza, goes from tree growing, to planting, from the nursery production to realization and maintenance of gardens, parks, golf courses. A 30 years ' long experience in landscaping, brings Raffaele being able to create sinergies among many subjects such as: biological systems, byodinamic systems and Feng Shui systems. Since 2010 he is working with Ankhe' for phitoyatric consulence, realizations and maintenance of gardens and parks.

GARDEN SPONSORED BY

THE GARDEN'S PLANTS

Achillea millefolium
Agapanthus africanus
Aquilegia caerulea ‘Blue Star’
Delphinium eleatum
Delphinium pacific ‘Giant Black Knight’
Delphinium pacific ‘Giant Blue Spring’
Houstonia caerulea
Hyacintoides hispanica
Iris barbata nana
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’
Malus comunis ‘Royal Gala’
Myosotis alpestris
Penstemon hyrsutus var. ‘pygmaeus’
Plumbago capensis
Sisyrinchium bellum

GARDEN CREATED WITH SUPPORT FROM

ANKHÉ Garden Design
Vivaio Althaea di Cogno Raffaele

Sur le web