We may find joy in play, nature, or through companionship at different times. While serendipity cannot be forced, we attempt to create spaces that bring pleasant surprises through people’s interactions with nature and social interactions among themselves. 

The garden consists of 6 hemispherical planters designed to provide aesthetic pleasure and resting support to the garden visitors. The planters will be sited on the edge of the woods and filled with selected plants. The round bottom of the planters makes them swing up and down as different people sit on them. They tilt, turn, and rock, which can only reach equilibrium by a balanced weight on all sides. They are like rocking chairs in the woods. These dynamics and sharing are designed to make the experience more fun and promote interactions among visitors.

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The installation will be located along the east-west axis, partially shaded by forest canopies. Their exact placement will be determined by the sun and shade distribution of the selected site paired with plant preferences. Each planter has a theme featuring the cultivated beauty and naturalist wilderness from the garden and the forest. Visitors will be able to wander freely among them. As Reford Gardens is described as “a plantsman’s cabinet of curiosities,” Hemisphere Rocker tries to renew that curiosity by creating new ways of displaying the plantings.

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We wish to create a garden where visitors can encounter one another without pressure or pretense. They are free to play, rock with friends, laugh with family, spin, and let go.

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