please note: images have been retouched to show mature plantings.

Fractal Garden is a group of 21 planters on wheels, each of which can be moved and regrouped to form an infinite number of designs. Fractal Garden was commissioned in 2009 for the 10th anniversary of The International Garden Festival, held annually at the Jardins de Metis, Reford Gardens, Grand-Métis, Québec, Canada. The set of 21 planters consists of 7 each of 3 specific diamond shapes and ground cover plantings. Each shape is a 4-sided polygon containing 2 specific angles. All 6 angles in the set are multiples of 1/14th of 360°, making the diamonds fit together in many ways both symmetrically and asymmetrically. This division of 14ths of 360° is a function of fractal geometry, mimicking the structural patterning of natural forms.

Materials: steel, soil, casters, ground cover plantings (above: Ajuga)

Creeping Sedum

Isolepis ('Live Wire')