In 2002 Artemis won a competition to exhibit at the Inaugural International Festival of the Gardens at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire. Based on ‘Ideas to Steal’ this 3 month long ground breaking event was inspired by the ‘Festival International des Jardins’ at Chaumont–sur-Loire in France and ‘Les Jardin de Metis’ in Canada.  It offered landscape designers and professionals from many other disciplines the chance to explore and show off their creative skills using the garden as a medium.  

Artemis’ winning garden ‘Extreme Tectonics’ was influenced by extreme sports. The space was inspired by the esoteric paraphernalia associated with these adrenaline-filled pursuits, such as skateboarding, canoeing, skiing and windsurfing. This, along with all the radical materials associated with these sports, provided the underlying concept for the garden.