The Lurie garden is an plants were selected, Collen the tall and maintained hedges. The Lurie Garden urban style garden designed Lockovitch was selected as the The left side of the garden can by the lead landscape architect head horticulturist. An appealing be related to the central park Year Built: 2004 Gustafson Guthrie Nichol which is aspect of the garden is that the due to the expansive meadow. Location: E Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60601 near the famous bean in Chicago. garden has very vivid colors and The Lurie garden is considered a Lead Designer: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Surprisingly, after asking a few are displayed when the seasons contemporary style garden that is Plant Pallete: Mainly Natives people in studio and outside of change. The garden has about architecturally controlled spatially, Type of Garden: Contemporary Rooftop Garden (Naturalistic) class most people have not visited 35,000 perennials that represent but topographically varied. Style: New Perennial Style movement of garden design the Lurie garden, but everyone a variety of species. The garden is Gustafson describes the garden Purpose: To Display Sustainability and Urban Comfort knows about the bean. The Lurie very distinct from others because as a powerful quietude within the Contributer: Ann Lurie garden is in the Millennium Park the garden has “shoulder” hedges city. The garden is sophisticated, which is consisted of 24.5 acres, that rise higher than people to elegant and an inspiring space. but the actual garden itself is 3.5 cut off a little of the city noise. Overall, there’s many precedents acres. The purpose of the garden The planting plan was done that are studied and taken into was to have a eco-friendly roof successfully because it consists account. An example being the top sanctuary in the busy city of naturalistic planting while still hedges from Pompeii as well. for the people. An interesting being ecologically sensitive on the aspect of the garden is that it roof top construction. The gardens was an industrial waste land main web page describes the and then it was controlled by the garden being an urban oasis. Illinois Central Railroad. Also, Besides the plants the garden has the garden consists of plenty of a strip of water across the center plants which are mainly natives of the garden. The water area is to North America. Gustafson won a great space for social gathering the commission of International because there’s steps near by, or Design Competition in late 2000 it could be used as a space for and was fi nished in 2004. Luckily, meditation. the garden was maintained by an This garden has many endowment from Anne Lurie. precedents like the clipped To make sure that the right hedges of Versailles because of