"The Gardens has its distinctive features at different times of the year, just as its mornings, afternoons and evenings that attract different types of visitors. For me, the best time to visit is in the morning when I can enjoy the breeze and tranquility, punctuated occasionally by calls of birds and animals, sounds of plants tapping one another, or peals of children's laughter. It reminds me the space where I am in, is real. It is also an oasis which stands independently in the hustle and bustle of the city."
As a child, artist Wong Wo-bik and her family with friends and relatives outside Hong Kong were frequent visitors of the Gardens. To her, the Gardens is filled with childhood memories. Although details are rather hazy now, Wong still recalls the feelings she had about those bygone days. Years have flown by and Wong is back in the Gardens again. Together with several photographs from the past, she hopes to document the plants and the Fountain, a popular meeting place, in the Gardens, letting her to revisit and rethink the old days. Wong's two sets of artworks, the wide-screen immersive videography displayed at the Rain Shelter and image plus plant installation displayed at the Green House are not simply a description of things, but more importantly, a new observation and narration of her personal experience of the Gardens. The people and events at different times from the past to the present are still worth ruminating.