China Landscape

Kew at the British Museum

Jinghua Yuan

3 May – 27 October 2008

Admission free, West Lawn, Museum forecourt

Garden plan

Trees provide the structure for this landscape, with an understorey of shrubs, climbers and flowering plants. At one end, bamboos form a grove beside the path.

From May to October you can enjoy the changing colours of the flowering seasons.

Garden Plan

Garden plan

China is the home of many of the world’s favourite flowers, and is famous for its classical scholar’s gardens – picturesque environments created for social gatherings and silent contemplation.

A trellis, a stone table, a scholar’s rock and a rock inscribed with calligraphy refer to this tradition, where nature and design combine.

At the completion of the landscape, Camden Council will relocate many of the plants to Brunswick Square as a lasting legacy of China Landscape for local communities.

Image credits (top left, clockwise): © Christina Harrison/RBG Kew, © Tony Kirkham/RBG Kew, © Shuisongshi Shanfang Collection, © Andrew McRobb/RBG Kew, © Andrew McRobb/RBG Kew, © Andrew McRobb/RBG Kew, © Christina Harrison/RBG Kew, © Tony Kirkham/RBG Kew, © Zhao Yizhou, © Andrew McRobb/RBG Kew, © Lesley Bremness, © Helen Espir, © Ian Gowland/SPL, © Bob Gibbons/SPL, © Christina Harrison/RBG Kew

Sponsored by:: Bank of Beijing

Supported by:

China Now,

Camden,

Kew