Monday, 9 April 2007

Iggy at Chelsea

I'm browsing round the RHS website while I try to decide whether to get a full day or afternoon ticket to the Chelsea Flower Show at the end of May and I notice that Iggy Pop's 'Lust for Life' is the inspiration for a small garden by The Children's Society.

The article goes:

Wild man of pop Iggy Pop is the inspiration for one of the small gardens at this year’s show! Lust for Life by the Children’s Society takes inspiration from the song Lust for Life by Iggy Pop and is an optimistic and invigorating space.

The innovative design uses the space to represent children's dreams through vibrantly coloured planting and 'thought bubbles' representing the dreams of children and their manifestation into reality. An arc of water, representing the power and triumph of the human spirit, traverses the garden in rhythmic bursts to the beat of Lust for Life.

Iggy said: "Lust for Life is full of optimism as young people should be...but too many aren't. I'm honoured that The Children's Society's garden is inspired by my music and wholeheartedly support the work that they do - they rock!”

This surely proves that gardening is the new rock'n'roll.

Here are a few memories of my trip to Chelsea last year:

















3 comments:

Unknown said...

I am planning my first visit this year with my mother, who's in town to see Cardiff City Council's Doctor Who garden that someone she knows has helped create.

Owen said...

Get there early - the crowds are horrendous!

Anonymous said...

Oh dear. What's wrong with this picture? Gardens are lovely and life-enhancing of course. And Iggy is beyond amazing. And life-enhancing in a different way altogether. But bringing the two together at the Chelsea Flower Show of all places seems horribly horribly mistaken.