Placeholder article on a general topic, here to show the layout. It was not written by the practice.
A permanent garden is planted small and allowed to grow. A set garden has no such time. It has to look settled on the first day of the shoot and hold up under lights, crew and retakes.
Maturity on day one
Set planting uses fully grown plants packed closely together, so a border reads as years old. Much of it stays in pots hidden under mulch, which makes it quick to move between shots.
Designed from the lens
The garden only needs to work from where the camera stands. Planting is composed in layers for the frame, with height and colour placed to sit behind the actors.
Built to come apart
When the shoot ends, the set is struck. Plants that stayed in their pots can go back to the nursery or on to another garden.
