Anne Beswick responds to Sara Maitland on beauty and gardens
Anne Beswick responds to Sara Maitland’s comments on Anne Warehams article on beauty and gardens.
Sara Maitland on “The love that dare not speak its name”
Sara Maitland comments on Anne Wareham’s article on beauty and gardens.
Anne Beswick on “The love that dare not speak its name”
Anne Beswick comments on Anne Wareham’s article on beauty and gardens.
Reflections on Garden Discourse
by Darryl Moore.
The relation between gardens and art.
“But it is also important that the idea of art should be questioned, as it is neither a simple nor a universally understood concept or practice.”
Andrew Lawson on “The love that dare not speak its name”
Andrew Lawson comments on Anne Wareham’s article on beauty and gardens.
Ian Kitson on “The love that dare not speak its name”
Ian Kitson comments on Anne Wareham’s article on beauty and gardens.
Noel Kingsbury on “The love that dare not speak its name”
Noel Kingsbury comments on “The love that dare not speak its name” by Anne Wareham
A Tribute to Linnaeus designed by Ulf Nordfiell reviewed by Anne Wareham
“The light echoes of Swedish countryside were one thing, but the effort to bring the Swedish botanist into the picture was the usual over literal, over ‘spelt out’ stuff…”
A Tribute to Linnaeus designed by Ulf Nordfiell reviewed by Stephen Anderton
“It might not be a bad for any garden to start from a default position of absolute simplicity. Only then would certain elements be expanded and explored, as and when the design required them.”
Bridget Rosewell on “The love that dare not speak its name”
Bridget Rosewell comments on Anne Wareham’s article on beauty and gardens.
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