OXFORD GARDENS
A public memorial garden to Princess Margaret, at the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford University; with its complex & bold planting, symmetrical pools of water & central sundial, it fosters a monastic & contemplative ambience. Anouska Hempel reveals the lighter reminders of the princess - tweaks of eccentricity & the quixotic punctuate the design.The personality of the princess shines through to create a strong legacy that says: 'if you want to know what Princess Margaret was like, sit here, by the sundial & look around.'
