Coombe House, Devon reviewed by Stephen Anderton
Reflections on a visit to Plaz Metaxu (Coombe house) by Stephen Anderton.
“It is possible for an overpowering intellectual agenda for a garden to be the excuse for unconscious flights of great ugliness…”
Andrew Wilson responds to “Gender and the Garden World” by Anne Wareham
Andrew Wilson responds to Anne Wareham’s article on gender and the garden world.
Girly Gardens – or not?
by Bridget Rosewell.
“I am not interested in girly – give me gorgeous though. I would describe the Ann Pearce garden as ‘impressive’ and ‘striking’ but not ‘gorgeous’. Gorgeous implies something more?”
Gender and the Garden World
by Anne Wareham.
“Carol Klein: ‘Many viewers assumed that I’d turned down the job but in fact I was never offered it. Had I been asked, I would have loved to have done it.’”
A more flexible approach to Garden Design?
by Peter Thomas.
“…Within the field of garden design this concept is expressed through the use of a limited palette of materials and colours, and an emphasis on the functional — a format that is still prevalent today.”
Gardens as pills…or not
by Tim Richardson.
“….In such a view, gardening is innocent, guileless and healthy, while garden design is cynical, unncessary and corrupted by too much knowledge and thought.”
“Is gardening an art form?” by Roger Phillips
by Roger Phillips.
“It is a sculpture in which you can walk, sit, drink or sing. In other words it encourages the visitor to play an active role. He or she becomes a part of the garden…”
A Joy Forever?
The third of three articles by Peter Osbourne.
“…But most people would, I think, recognize some different basic levels of value. A parallel in art would be to agree not to replace a Leonardo on the National Gallery wall with your 2-year old’s latest, that the average amateur artist is not up to Cotman, nor he up to Leonardo.”
Pretty as a Picture
The second of three articles by Peter Osbourne.
“…This formal vocabulary, together with garden-specific terms in any good glossary, is sufficiently objective and well-established to provide an analytical basis for garden criticism, but is not an evaluative language.”
Some thoughts towards a critical language for gardens
The first of three articles by Peter Osbourne.
“The immediate problem is that the question of what is a garden, especially a good or great garden, has become embroiled in the discussion about different types of garden…”
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.
