Gardens Illustrated Magazine

GLORIOUS COLOUR

We wanted to create an enriched carpet of plants with real jewel colours, such that you might find in the art of Persian empires

Cambridge’s new Central Mosque is something special. Designed by Mark Barfield Associates to be an environmentally friendly place of worship, its interior is a deft use of lightness, the central pillars rising like geometric trees to hold the building afloat. The outer garden does more than merely add to this outlook, it entices you in.

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