Case of Chelsea and 'bad' feng shui

Case of Chelsea and 'bad' feng shui :Telegraph:

A complaint that a Chinese garden at the Chelsea Flower Show was inaccurate and had flouted principles of 'feng shui' was being investigated by officials last night.


The display, Through the Moongate, is the first Chinese garden at Chelsea and is designed by Lesley Bremness of East West Design.
Her garden, sponsored by the Bank of China and the Royal Bank of Scotland, is intended to resemble a quiet courtyard off a busy street where the visitor can take tea.
A path leads through a circular gate into a wilder area with plants of Chinese origin, including lilac and wisteria.
There is still and moving water, intended to represent the opposites, yin and yang. A Buddha-like figure contemplates the still pool in which floats a lotus flower.
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Officials of the Royal Horticultural Society said they had been told by three Chinese graduates that the garden was suffering from 'serious flaws' and had 'some very bad feng shui'.
They said that a dragon on the wall should have been facing east, rather than north, and that the figure next to a sign saying 'Buddha' in Chinese was not the Buddha. Worst of all, the figure was placed too close to the earth, which they say is disrespectful.