Cornucopia - Jardins de Métis

Cornucopia
Hercules ripped a horn off the head of the shape-shifting river God Achelous in a mythic battle between man and
nature. From this broken horn or cornucopia, pour Nature’s endless gifts, seven of which are displayed in our garden.
Wrath (ira), Greed (avaritia), Sloth (acedia), Pride (superbia), Lust (luxuria), Envy (invidia), Gluttony (gula).
How much of what we do is driven by sin? There is no need to answer out loud, but the Cornucopia Garden affords a
personal reflection in seven themed confessionals. Here a visitor might stroll into lust as the corn around grows from
seedling to ripeness. The space itself will change from an open lawn to an agricultural enclosure over the course of the
growing season. The simplicity of the design attunes the guest to the vegetable flow of the season and confronts the
wheel of sin. In the Cornucopia Garden seven sins align in a wheel and Nature drives our passions around and around
with the whip of instinct. There is no escape. These Sins are us.
ira
avaritia
Plant list: Corn
Shaped plantings of corn, growing
from seeds through to 2m high
acedia
Gravel floor surface
superbia
luxuria
7no. 1000x750
2m high confessionals
with shaped stone slabs
A
A
invidia
gula
Plan
16m x 16m (to be reconfigured to any size)
2m
0.25m
Section AA
April
Section AA
July
Section AA
October
1m
2m