Seisei-Tei II
Designed by Koji Ninomiya
Constructed by Semken Landscaping
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At the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2024 Koji Ninomiya, world renowned Japanese garden designer, and Semken Landscaping present Seisei-Tei II.
Seisei-Tei II depicts the natural countryside and its presence of human life. In the world today there is a sense of friction with our natural world and the way we are living. The garden will showcase a natural Japanese style overlapping with some English garden features. The garden’s intention is to create a sense of belonging in nature and to remind the visitor that we are still living in a natural world, not the world we have created.
Whilst Seisei-Tei II will have traditional Japanese features all plants and materials are local materials available in Victoria, so visitors would be able to replicate this style of garden.
The cascade stream from top down to the middle will create beautiful comfortable sounds. After the last cascade falls the water disappears and changes to dry stream with white sand creating a calming place in nature.
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With thanks to Seisei-Tei II’s supporters: BioGro, Daisy’s Garden Supplies, Gardens at Night, Lilydale Instant Lawn, Transrock, Conifer Gardens Nursery, Nishiki Nursery, Olinda Nurseries, Red Cloud Bamboo, Scotsburn Nurseries, & Warners Nurseries.
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In 1995, Koji Ninomiya won the first Japanese gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show. Later, he participated in flower shows around the world, and for the first time in the world, won a gold medal at the world’s three major flower shows. He has also served as an international judge for the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show (UK), the Ellerslie Flower Show (New Zealand), the Singapore Garden Festival and the Singapore Garden Festival .
He is the Chairman of the 7th Annual Meeting of the Arboretum, first-class landscaping construction management engineer, part-time lecturer at the Gifu Prefectural International Horticultural Academy.
Semken Landscaping first worked alongside Koji in 2003 at the Chelsea Flower Show for Julian Dowle. In 2004 Semken Landscaping worked again with Koji at Chelsea and, in 2005 were fortunate enough to be part of an international team that constructed The Chelsea Pensioner Garden winning a Gold Medal, Best in Show and the Peoples Choice Award.
In 2008 Koji Ninomiya collaborated with Semken Landscaping to create Sei-Sei-Tei which won City of Melbourne Best in Show, a Gold Medal and the Comeadow award for best landscape design. In 2024 we will once again team up for Seisei-Tei II.
