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
Bridget Rosewell on “The love that dare not speak its name”
Bridget Rosewell comments on Anne Wareham’s article on beauty and gardens.
The love that dare not speak its name
by Anne Wareham.
On Beauty and Gardens –
“….So often when I visit a garden I am confronted with the horrifically ugly, and that seems to me to make a mockery of our materials, which are the best the world can offer.”
Andrew Wilson on “The love that dare not speak its name”
Andrew Wilson responds to Anne Wareham’s article on beauty and gardens.
Germaine Greer: Yes, Gardens can be works of art – but you’d never know it from the Chelsea Flower show.
by Germaine Greer.
“Most of our best-known, most-visited gardens are merely pretty, or, worse, picturesque…”
with responses by Anne Wareham, Andrew Wilson, Leigh Hunt, Amanda Patton.
In the Name of Art
Corinne Julius’ Viewpoint piece for The Garden.
“The preoccupation of many gardeners with plants above all else alienates many artistic observers. It revives the rather outdated arts debate about ‘physical craft’ and ‘intellectual art’, reinforcing the view that gardening is about doing, not thinking…”
Gardens as Chick Lit?
by Anne Wareham.
“…other art forms have lots of different categories. Music encompasses pop, jazz, classical, gospel, folk, country; novels can be historical, romantic, sci fi, detective, chick lit., children’s, (with sub sections), pot boilers, page turners, airport novels and literature…”
Introduction from “Vista – The Culture and Politics of Gardens”
by Noel Kingsbury and Tim Richardson.
“The reason we feel Vista is necessary now is because there seems to be a gulf between academic writing on gardens which tends to be about history and commercial writing on gardens, which focuses either on practical horticulture and plantsman-ship, or on descriptions of individual gardens.”
Extract from “The Photograph” by Penelope Lively
Fictional garden judging.
“…It is impossible to sideline personal taste, but she tries to give proper credit to the demonstration of gardening skill and commitment, even when the products of these are a tortuously constructed rockery or a rash of carpet bedding.”
