
Granby Workshop and Assemble’s Granby Winter Garden, Liverpool
A new community hub has opened its doors on Liverpool’s Cairns Street, by Granby Workshop and Turner Prize winners Assemble. The Granby Winter Garden is a space for contemplation, reinterpreting how we can spend time outdoors in the British climate through planting and architecture. The site was previously a pair of derelict Victorian terraced houses that had fallen into disrepair over the years. Now structurally renewed and braced together, the communal space has been fitted to host artist residences, meetings and events. The indoor garden by Andrea Ku sits at the space’s heart, with triple-height interiors set to accommodate full-height trees in the future. Photography: © Assemble

Piet Oudolf’s herbal Rotterdam haven
Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf is a leading figure of the ‘New Perennial’ movement, working primarily with perennial plant varieties in landscape design since the 1980s. Oudolf prioritises the lifecycle of a plant over its aesthetic value, which is particularly naturalistic. He looks to structural characteristics of plants to create wildflower meadows that survive year-round, taking inspiration from architectural sensibilities.
Photography: Walter Herfst

Alex Hanazaki brings a dose of Brazil to East Berlin
São Paulo-based Hanazaki – who is Brazilian with Japanese ancestry – chose to communicate the complexity of urban life in Brazil through the design of this permanent garden in Berlin. ‘I intentionally diverged from Brazilian stereotypes, such as carnival, football or banana trees and tried to make people have a deeper knowledge of what we have in Brazil. A multicultural, cosmopolitan country, but pairing it with our greatest natural richness, our flora,’ he says. Hanazaki drew from a diverse palette of influences, as well as the history of landscape design in his homeland: ‘Brazil is a country that started to spread its landscape design aesthetics thanks to Roberto Burle Marx. It absorbs different influences because of the great mixture of cultures coming from German, Dutch, Japanese, Italian and many other backgrounds,’ he says.

Geometry and horticulture meet in artist Gabriel Orozco’s garden design with 6a architects
Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco, alongside 6a architects and horticulturists from the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, has designed a garden as a permanent art work for the South London Gallery. Orozco is known for his soft watercolour series, his abstract paintings and totemic wooden sculptures, and now it seems, he is adding horticulture to his repertoire. ‘The invitation to create a garden as a permanent art work presented a unique opportunity,’ explains the globetrotting artist of his latest work, the garden design at the South London Gallery.
Photography: Andy Stagg. Courtesy of South London Gallery and Gabriel Orozco

Roberto Burle Marx’s mineral roof garden in São Paulo
The mineral roof garden at the Banco Safra headquarters in São Paulo designed in 1983 by Roberto Burle Marx, who is credited as one of the 20th century’s most prominent landscape architects.
Photography: Leonardo Finotti

Landscape architect Enzo Enea brings mysticism to Miami’s waterfront
From his first job working on the landscaping of Hawaii’s Sheraton Hotel in the 1990s, Enzo Enea has been refining his craft. So much so that the Swiss-based founder and CEO of Enea Landscape Architecture is, these days, the go-to guy for creating lush green spaces that combine head-turning showmanship with a nuanced eye for balance and intimacy. ‘In a tropical climate like Miami’s where temperatures can exceed 40°C, such a requirement requires careful study to create a micro-climate that would allow the families to really enjoy the outdoors. We were inspired by the idea of indoor and outdoor connectivity, but the view of the water was key. It’s why we changed the position of the cabanas to face the water and open up views by strategically placing trees and palms away from those views.’