


They can really get you in the mood as well.” “Our message is that gardens are not just for picking flowers. “We wanted to move away from the idea of gardens being twee, we want to make gardens sensual and sexy,” said Knittel. What exactly is the idea behind Aphrodite’s Garden? Temptation, really. And the Garden of Eden – apples and serpents, not a lot of kit on, seduction … Think Monty Don plunging his hands into a bag of moist compost … I’m just wondering if the RHS set is ready for that? You’d be surprised. It’s called Aphrodite’s Garden.Īfter the Greek goddess of love? Correct.

Along with three other female designers, Knittel will be unveiling what they say is the “ultimate erotic garden” at the RHS Hampton Court Palace festival this week. “We hope that this beautiful garden will help people to talk about sex in a very positive way.” There is nothing taboo about sex, says Sophie Knittel. And, now that summer is here, the birds and the bees are doing their thing out there, the sap is rising, the flowers are bursting out … I am thinking about it now! Not just you 40% of Britons are getting jiggy out of doors apparently.
