Orozco Garden

The Orozco Garden was created in 2016 by the artist Gabriel Orozco, with support from 6a architects and horticulturists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Gabriel Orozco, who was born in Mexico and currently lives in Tokyo, is one of the leading artists of his generation. He has exhibited extensively internationally and periodically in London including a major mid-career retrospective at Tate Modern in 2011. For his first ever garden commission, he embraced the challenge of transforming a paved area at the back of the SLG’s Main Building into a unique sculptural work. The choice of materials was drawn from the language of the gallery’s Victorian building and includes bricks from the rear facade. Playing on the idea of an urban ruin, the garden will gradually evolve with different grasses, low level creepers and fragrant plants.