2831 x 4067 px | 24 x 34,4 cm | 9,4 x 13,6 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
2011
Lieu:
Wakehurst Place, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, UK
Informations supplémentaires:
An intricate spiral labyrinth, inspired by the pattern on the base of a pine cone, is providing a fascinating new play space for visitors of all ages at Wakehurst Place, Kew’s country estate near Haywards Heath, West Sussex. Visitors can follow the twists and turns of a 600 metre path, made from 12, 000 locally produced bricks, to reach the centre of the labyrinth which is marked with a hand-made bronze disc of a seed pod. Called Unexpected Endings, the labyrinth is the latest in a series of imaginative play spaces at Wakehurst, designed to encourage visitors to explore different areas of the 500 acre estate and highlight the vital conservation work of Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank which is located at Wakehurst. Wakehurst Place is the country estate of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and home to formal gardens, natural woodlands, nature reserves, and a sixteenth century mansion. Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, located at Wakehurst, is the largest wild plant seed collection in the world. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and its partners have collected and conserved seed from 10% of the world’s wild flowering plant species (c. 30, 000 species) and aim to conserve 25% by 2020. Artist Patricia Swannell, who is a patron of Kew, created the design for the labyrinth. Her inspiration for the ‘golden spiral’ labyrinth came from the intricate patterns on pine cones in the Millennium Seed Bank, where seeds from thousands of endangered plant species are preserved for the future, and her son’s fascination with labyrinths when he was a child. The ‘golden spiral’ – also known as the Fibonacci spiral after the Italian mathematician who charted it – is a familiar pattern in nature that can also be seen in a snail shell, the face of sunflower, an uncurling fern and many other examples.
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