Landscape & Urban Design Issue 27 2017 | Page 30

Edward Mairis attributes technology to his success at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show Show. Mairis says technology in the landscaping world was key to his success. His garden captured the imagination of visitors and the media even before the show opened by using Computer-generated imagery (CGI) offering accurate and persuasive images of the design concept. L Helen Evison andscape and Garden designer, Edward Mairis, was the designer behind the Bronze award winning garden ‘The Journey of Life’ at this year’s Hampton Court Flower 30 Landscape & Urban Design In his 22 Years of designing gardens, Edward Mairis has developed an ever-greater sense of how gardens are a place where people connect with nature and with themselves, but having the tools to help customers to visualise the proposed design is a recurring problem. 3d garden design has been around