• Award for Best Construction • Silver Award for Peace Message In commemoration of 65 years since the atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, ten of the worlds top international landscape designers were brought together to create a garden show inspired by world peace. My story of peace is a personal one that has a strong connection to my garden's theme of the importance of communication. My Grandfather, Tom Fogarty, served in the Australian Army in WW2 and was based in Wewak, New Guinea at the time of the Japanese surrender. On September 13 1945, Major Tom Fogarty, General Staff Officer II 6 Division, was the head of the detachment that marched Lieutenant-General Adachi’s party to the formal surrender, which was received by Major-General HCH Robertson. In overseeing the duties of the surrender at Wewak, my Grandfather spent much time with General Adachi. After the war, Adachi visited my grand father at his family business in William St, Melbourne. It is not known whether they lunched, or even shared dinner, but it can be assumed they at least sat for tea and caught up on life since the war. The family story goes that at this meeting, my grandfather returned a sword of Adachi’s, as it was a family heirloom. The significance is that out of the experience of war, they had struck up a friendship. The meeting was amiable, and the ability for them to talk was an important part of their healing process to forgive and move on. Click here to view the Nagasaki Peace Monument with peace message written by each of the international designers at the Show
	Gardening World Cup, Nagasaki, Japan 2010 "Peace is the power to forgive those who have done you wrong” My garden explored the importance of communication as its central theme of world Peace. The ability to talk through problems and topics of conflict and to build friendship through avenues of entertaining and sharing personal time together is integral in prevention or resolution of conflict. There is no better place to do this than in a garden setting where people can feel relaxed and more open to honest and valuable discussion from the heart. In looking to the future and not dwelling on the past, my garden is modern in design. The layout is simple, suiting the dimensions of a regular back garden in Melbourne. There are elements of the garden which fuse Japanese design with Australian lifestyle such as the pavilion which takes reference to the Temple Gardens in Kyoto, and the hori kotatsu dining module, where you sit under the floor and the dining table is at floor level. The central core of the garden is the dining module: a modern structure with a relaxed eating area, which overlooks a reflection pond of peace. The dining module allows for relaxed entertainment over drinks and a meal, and the chance to build good friendship with comrades. The waterfall under the dining module is suggestive of the good-natured conversation that comes with good company, which metaphorically fills the pond with positive thoughts and peaceful messages. A small low Japanese style garden seat provides a more discreet location in the garden for private talk or for time of thought. Jim Fogarty | Designer 5 November 2010