The portfolio includes award-winning gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show as well as those more experimental and controversial such as his 1994 Chelsea contribution – 'The Cool and Sexy Garden' which hit the front page of the London Times. Many of the show gardens provided opportunities to try new methods including pre-fabrication with materials such as synthetic fabrics, alternative floor surfaces, out of ground planting systems in designs, which are flexible, interchangeable even portable. Also included here is Paul Cooper's garden at the Festival International de Jardins at Metis in Canada in 2002. It represents a clear cross-over between art and garden design. It was as much art installation as garden.