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Overgrow the System – The Living Lungs Shangri-La, Glastonbury Festival, Somerset CLIENT Shangri-La Glasto PROJECT STATUS Ongoing SECTOR Events #overgrowthesystemcreations #livinglungsshangrila    Trees breathe in what we breathe out, we breathe in what trees breathe out. Mak Gilchrist teamed up with talented metal workers and sculptors, Flee Jones and Coco Lava to form the ‘Overgrow…

Grow:Brixton POPES ROAD, SW9 5PQ CLIENT FUTURE BRIXTON SECTOR PUBLIC REALM STATUS COMPLETE The Edible Bus Stop (EBS) was integral in winning the bid ‘Grow:Brixton’ for the Lambeth Council initiated competition for the Pope’s Road meanwhile space. The original brief invited applicants to animate an empty space, formerly an Ice Rink, to create a vibrant…

International PARK(ing) Day LondonConcert Hall Approach, South Bank, SE1 SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2011 CLIENT SELF-COMMISSIONED SECTOR SELF-COMMISSIONED STATUS COMPLETE We came, we turfed, we transformed! PARK(ing) Day is an annual worldwide event where artists, designers and citizens transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks. It is an open source project and the original concept is…

Love Your Plot at GLEE, Birmingham NECInstant ‘Container’ Gardens 13TH – 15TH SEPTEMBER 2014 CLIENT THE HTA SECTOR PRIVATE STATUS COMPLETE The first component of the project opened at GLEE in the NEC Birmingham. The design exhibits the original prototype of our Modular TestBed Concept. The concept, based upon modular shipping containers, proposes a bespoke steel frame base…

National Gardening Show, Somerset‘Modular Garden’ Showcase Installation (RHS Gold Medal Winning) 31ST AUGUST – 2ND SEPTEMBER 2012 CLIENT NATIONAL GARDENING SHOW SECTOR SHOW FEATURE STATUS COMPLETE We debuted our ‘Modular System’ garden at The National Gardening Show. It provides flat packed, easy to assemble, instant planting beds and seating areas. By using a triangulation system, these planters…

Tree Bombs Whitecross Street Party 20TH JULY – 14TH SEPTEMBER 2013 CLIENT WHITECROSS STREET PARTY SECTOR ARTS Taking the Guerrilla gardening idea of ‘Seed Bombing’ to a new level – we formulated a plan to take Whitecross Street, London EC1, by siege. Dropping bombs into the urban environment might in other circumstances cause some concern,…

‘Riot of Colour’ Showcase GardenRHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2012 2ND – 8TH JULY 2012 CLIENT ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SECTOR SHOW FEATURE Our ‘Riot of Colour’ installation is a post apocalyptic interpretation of the after effects of the 2011 London riots.  A red telephone box and London taxi have been rioted and left in…

Phase 1- Chelsea Fringe Festival ‘Sculpture Scape’ Garden 17TH MAY – 7TH JULY 2014 CLIENT VAUXHALL ONE BID SECTOR PUBLIC REALM In Spring 2014, Vauxhall One BID commissioned us to animate a forlorn, closed car park to celebrate the emerging Vauxhall Gallery district and as part of their trail of art. It was a very bleak site,…

The South Bank Centre’s ‘Festival of Love 2014’ Pragma: Growing Together 28TH JUNE – 31ST AUGUST 2014 CLIENT THE SOUTHBANK CENTRE SECTOR ARTS Given the brief to represent Pragma: Enduring Love – by the South Bank Centre, we created an interactive installation. Situated in the food market outside the Royal Festival Hall, we presented a…

ECOBUILD 2017 Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London CLIENT FUTURE EVENTS LTD SECTOR EVENTS Double Yellow Line Bench and Tree GuardTM The organisers of Ecobuild 2017 invited us to showcase our iconic Double Yellow Line Bench and Tree GuardTM in March 2017 at their world-leading event exhibiting sustainability in the built environment. Designed by Will Sandy, Creative Director…