A new boutique garden embraces a historic Shikumen house in Shanghai’s Xintiandi district, home to the latest BOUCHERON store. Here we designed two distinct landscapes to frame its threshold. One draws from French landscape traditions, the other from Chinese garden culture, and both are composed with BOUCHERON’s signature plant palette like ivy, ferns, mosses and more.

The French garden welcomes visitors with a traditional gloriette set within layered planting and walkways, guiding guests toward the boutique’s main entrance.

In contrast, the Chinese garden unfolds as an intimate scene in front of one of the store’s display windows. Designed to be admired from within, a moon gate frames a dreamlike composition of sculptural stones, mist, and a circular reflecting pond. Here, traditional lilies are reimagined as an abstract metal sculpture, creating a poetic interplay of reflections from the water and the sculpture. This dream-like and mysterious atmosphere offers a poetic moment, aimed to enhance the boutique experience.

Together, the two gardens blend French elegance and Chinese poetry through BOUCHERON’s signature plant palette into an immersive retail landscape that offers moments of contemplation and a quiet breath of nature.