MM Garden article: correction

Dear Auroville Today,

I would like to bring to your attention a mistake in your recent article on the Garden of the Unexpected (AV Today, August 2018). On line 10, it is written “Roger Anger… invited submission for designs of the twelve Gardens (of Matrimandir). When none of the submissions were found acceptable…”

The above statement is incorrect. Roger received 14 garden concepts presented by 8 Aurovilians. These Aurovilians are: Soham who made a proposal for Bliss garden, Kireet (Bliss), Nadja (Bliss), Gnanavel (Wealth), Peter T. (Existence), André H. (Perfection), an anonymous one presented by Alain G (Bliss), Marc (Progress, Life, Light, Bliss, Power, Wealth, Existence).

Out of these 14 proposals, 6 were accepted by Roger for the second phase: Nadja (Bliss garden), André Hababou (Perfection garden), Marc (Light, Life, Power, Existence gardens). Some of them were built as real size prototypes (Bliss, Light, Power). A real size prototype was also built for Roger’s own concept of Life Garden. But the garden development was interrupted by the then executives in 2007.

Much regards, Marc