Name of garden mentioned in garden makeover programme
 

Been meaning to ask this question for ages, but I've been very busy with
my own garden recently...

A couple of weeks ago I caught part of a garden makeover programme that
involved a design with a central pond over which three giant wooden
"bones" were arranged. Part of the programme covered a visit to a
garden where they showed a huge sculpture of a fern, fern spores and a
wood-and-stone sculpture that looked like a large backbone protruding
from the ground, all in a woodland setting.

Unfortunately I didn't catch the name of the garden. Anyone know which
garden it was and where it is?

James

Name of garden mentioned in garden makeover programme
 

On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 22:40:10 +0000 (UTC), James Fidell
wrote:

Been meaning to ask this question for ages, but I've been very busy with
my own garden recently...

A couple of weeks ago I caught part of a garden makeover programme that
involved a design with a central pond over which three giant wooden
"bones" were arranged. Part of the programme covered a visit to a
garden where they showed a huge sculpture of a fern, fern spores and a
wood-and-stone sculpture that looked like a large backbone protruding
from the ground, all in a woodland setting.

Unfortunately I didn't catch the name of the garden. Anyone know which
garden it was and where it is?

James

I saw the prog too, but don't know the answer to your question. IIRC
it was a BBC programme. Have you tried the BBC gardening web site?


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Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

Name of garden mentioned in garden makeover programme
 

In article , Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 22:40:10 +0000 (UTC), James Fidell
wrote:

Been meaning to ask this question for ages, but I've been very busy with
my own garden recently...

A couple of weeks ago I caught part of a garden makeover programme that
involved a design with a central pond over which three giant wooden
"bones" were arranged. Part of the programme covered a visit to a
garden where they showed a huge sculpture of a fern, fern spores and a
wood-and-stone sculpture that looked like a large backbone protruding
from the ground, all in a woodland setting.

Unfortunately I didn't catch the name of the garden. Anyone know which
garden it was and where it is?

James

I saw the prog too, but don't know the answer to your question. IIRC
it was a BBC programme. Have you tried the BBC gardening web site?

Aha! Eventually found what I was looking for. Turns out the programme
was "Small Town Gardens" and whilst I didn't recognise any of the
designers' names (I didn't see all of the programme anyway), I found a
link to the gardens they visited which gives me:

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/grizedaleforestpark

Shame it's at the other end of the country, and there don't appear to be
any pictures of the sculptures :(

James

Name of garden mentioned in garden makeover programme
 

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In article , Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 22:40:10 +0000 (UTC), James Fidell
wrote:

Been meaning to ask this question for ages, but I've been very busy with
my own garden recently...

A couple of weeks ago I caught part of a garden makeover programme that
involved a design with a central pond over which three giant wooden
"bones" were arranged. Part of the programme covered a visit to a
garden where they showed a huge sculpture of a fern, fern spores and a
wood-and-stone sculpture that looked like a large backbone protruding
from the ground, all in a woodland setting.

Unfortunately I didn't catch the name of the garden. Anyone know which
garden it was and where it is?

James

I saw the prog too, but don't know the answer to your question. IIRC
it was a BBC programme. Have you tried the BBC gardening web site?

Aha! Eventually found what I was looking for. Turns out the programme
was "Small Town Gardens" and whilst I didn't recognise any of the
designers' names (I didn't see all of the programme anyway), I found a
link to the gardens they visited which gives me:

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/grizedaleforestpark

Shame it's at the other end of the country, and there don't appear to be
any pictures of the sculptures :(

It's well worth a trip. Do a search on Andy Goldsworthy and you'll
probably find something similar closer to home; or, there are some
luscious illustrated books of his wonderful work (a lovely birthday
present if anybody asks what you'd like).

Janet