We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Marc Peter Keane about their original and creative Garden design work. Marc Peter Keane is an award-winning architectural designer, that makes our world a better place with their original garden works.
Marc Peter Keane ("MPK") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Tiger Glen Garden Garden. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
MPK : The garden is inspired by an ancient Chinese parable known as the Three Laughers of the Tiger Glen, which describes the experience of three men who overcome their sectarian differences to find a unity of friendship. That story was the subject of many paintings over the centuries, in China and Japan. I lived in Kyoto, Japan, for nearly 20 years and came to know the story of the Three Laughers while living there. As an abstraction of this parable, the Tiger Glen garden represents the intersection of literature, painting and gardens.
MPK : 20 years pondering; 2 years designing & prepping; 3 months building.
MPK : The work was commissioned by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. The patrons were Rebecca and James Morgan.
MPK : The work is done in the manner of Japanese "karesansui" gardens in which stones are used to express an image of the landscape.
MPK : The name — Tiger Glen Garden — comes from an ancient Chinese parable known as the Three Laughers of the Tiger Glen which describes the experience of three men who overcome their sectarian differences to find a unity of friendship.
