(G2)
2025
eighth.garden
On the occasion of Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling 2025, we present the two works monkey puzzle and primezone, which together mark our ‘eighth garden’. The works are shown outdoors at Den Frie Udstillingsbygning in the café area facing the intersection by Kastellet. The contribution is part of our ongoing exploration of the garden as a social and cultural space, where regenerative and circular processes are put into play.
monkey puzzle
monkey puzzle consists of a collection of monkey puzzle trees (Araucaria araucana), acquired through digital marketplaces such as DBA. The work explores the complex history of the monkey puzzle tree as a colonial commodity and later a status symbol in Danish suburban gardens, and examines its current circulation on digital marketplaces.
primezone
primezone captures a moment around a gas grill, quietly letting a thick stream of smoke slip out from under its closed lid. Like an altar in the private garden, it often marks a centre where everyday rituals reveal themselves through smoke and combustion. The work examines the aesthetics of the grill as part of the garden’s scenography and the visions of community, consumption and nature it sustains. The title refers both to the grill’s high-temperature zone and to the symbolic space it represents.
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2025
seventh.garden
On the former Frederiksberg Hospital grounds, we have been collaborating with Verna Architects on analysis, valuation, and relocation of existing plants as a special contribution to the Danish Association of Architects’ collaboration KAPELLET GENFORTALT, a project led by Tegnestuen Verna, visual artist Julie Falk, writer and cultural geographer Emmy Laura Pérez Fjalland, studio A Part of Sum, artist and carpenter Line Hvidbjerg, architect MAA and apprentice bricklayer Lasse Buus, craftsperson Karoline Bach Larsen, the Hahn Lavsen architectural firm, visual artist Rasmus Søndergaard Johannsen, tapestry weaver Marianne Noer, art historian and curator Marianne Krogh and architect MAA Sidsel Gelting Hodge.
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2025
sixth.garden
The ‘sixth garden’ in the courtyard of the Danish Association of Architects offers a snapshot of second.garden’s ongoing exploration of the garden as a social and cultural space, where regenerative and circular processes are put into play.
Three discarded garden ponds, originally buried in private gardens, have been unearthed and given a new context. Rather than blending into their surroundings, they stand out as freestanding plastic shells with clear traces of industrial mass production.
As leftover vessels, they carry a compelling narrative about idealized nature and raise questions about how new aesthetics and ecological care can be sustained using resources already at our disposal.
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2025
fifth.garden
We are continuing to develop our ‘fifth garden’ in collaboration with the residents’ association A/B Ryparken. The project began in early summer 2025, and throughout the season we carried out a series of trials to explore how the grass areas between the residential buildings could become more usable, lively and biodiverse for both residents and local insect life. We continue this work into 2026, where further approaches will be tested and implemented as part of the association’s broader plans for transforming and activating the shared green spaces.
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2025
fourth.garden
The ‘fourth garden’ is our first planned garden in public space. The project site is a long stretch of grass squeezed between the Royal Danish Academy campus and a major avenue, generously provided by the property developer Jeudan.
design inspiration
The design of the garden is inspired by classic wishing wells found in public spaces, where coins are tossed in for one’s fate. The concept unfolds here in a series of planting beds arranged in the numerical sequence of our MobilePay box. Visitors are invited to engage with the garden on both on an intimate level and through the broader design concept by swiping us a financial contribution, fostering a sense of ownership over the development of both the garden and our emerging architecture studio.
collaboration and sustainability
Partnering with Jeudan lends legitimacy and support to our work and evolving identity. We greatly appreciate their goodwill towards our efforts in promoting biodiversity and well-being. The planting for the project was made possible by a generous donation of recycled perennials from Staudemarken in Aabybro, Denmark. Special thanks to Jeudan and Staudemarken, and to Staudemarken's director Tina Møller for her invaluable advice and hospitality - we look forward to continuing this collaboration.
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2024
third.garden
For the floating house by our friends at the Art and Architecture program at the Royal Danish Academy, we installed a temporary front garden using borrowed plants from a nearby location. While the house, despite its name, was situated on land, its idea was to challenge traditional notions of permanence in property development. Our front garden served as a fragmented and symbolic outdoor intervention to the floating house, aligning with the design concepts of the Art and Architecture program.
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2024
second.garden
second.garden (G2) is our current identity as a studio working with the garden as a theme, with a particular interest in the social, ecological and cultural spatial qualities it brings into play. Through landscape design, installation, research, events, workshops and, to an extent, hands-on implementation, we explore how regenerative and circular practices shape outdoor environments and how sustainable social practices that form around them.
A central part of our work is the recirculation of plants and materials, guided by the circular principles inherent to the garden. Our projects grow from curiosity and an interest in care and maintenance, evolving through interaction with users and on-site conditions. We see the garden as a collaborative design process that continues to evolve through ongoing interaction, cultivating diverse ecosystems and meaningful bonds among users.
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2023-2024
first.garden
The ‘first garden’ was where we first met and formed as a collective. The project site evolved through the gardening community @royalgarden_akademi, from which second.garden later emerged, grounded in principles of community, biodiversity, and reuse of resources.
@royalgarden_akademi
@royalgarden_akademi was an informal community dedicated to gardening and cultivation at the Royal Danish Academy, enriched by a diverse network of fellow students, friends, and contributors. Originally run by Emil, Laurits, Selma, Villads and Victor, @royalgarden.akademi led to the creation of second.garden once the group graduated.
cultivating well-being and connection
The activities of our first student gardening community centered around biodiversity development and engaging social initiatives aimed at enhancing well-being and creating a nurturing environment at the Academy. Utilizing an Instagram profile as a unifying platform, @royalgarden.akademi simultaneously evolved virtually with a blend of humor and naivety, broadening traditional perceptions of sustainable development within an academic context. We hope that the spirit of @royalgarden.akademi will continue to flourish in new configurations and in the green spaces it cultivated.
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