It became apparent this trip that the focus of my time here is now changing from making an artist garden to utilising the garden as outdoor studio.  Gardening as an… Continue Reading

I visited magical, mossy Little Sparta, Ian Hamilton Finlay’s greatest work of art, as part of my research into artist’s gardens (set in the Pentland Hills, near Edinburgh). Above, are… Continue Reading

My RHS bursary included a research trip to the world’s oldest topiary gardens, Levens Hall in Cumbria, to think about ‘living sculptures’ and biomorphic shapes (as there’s lots of box… Continue Reading

Thanks to the RHS Bursary, I was also able to attend this conference at Garden Museum.  Speakers included: Neil Davidson, Landscape Architect/J&L Gibbons re Urban Nature Project at the Natural… Continue Reading

I received an RHS Bursary to do some research into artist’s gardens as part of this residency.  The first trip was to see the gardens at Charleston (Lewes, Sussex), the… Continue Reading

The satisfaction of leaving the garden much tidier than when I arrived, despite a week of rain and very soggy ground!  My next visit will focus on planting.

Fellow artist-in-residence, Dorit Lavon Szternfeld, installed her sculpture waving, beewax on chickenwire, with the help of John Plowman.

Created stone circles using left over artists materials and sowed borage and chives seeds in the round.  Other seeds planted in the garden include nasturtiums, poppies, fennel, chamomille, nigella, and… Continue Reading