This is a focus post about our visit to Hidcote Manor and Gardens in the north Cotswolds. If that doesn't sound interesting, I would skip it. 👋
Hidcote Manor and Gardens is a world-famous Arts and Crafts-inspired garden nestled in a North Cotswold hamlet, created by passionate plantsman and talented designer, Major Lawrence Johnston. Covering an area of 10.5 acres the garden takes visitors on a journey through intimate formal areas revealing a different atmosphere or new vista at every turn. Smaller, more formal garden ‘rooms’ near the house, give way to more natural areas that blend in with the surrounding countryside further away.
Using Hidcote as a ‘blank canvas’, Lawrence Johnston designed the garden in phases from 1907 to 1938. He furnished borders with newly discovered plants and exotic rarities gathered during plant collecting expeditions from around the world.
Hidcote Manor and Gardens is a world-famous Arts and Crafts-inspired garden nestled in a North Cotswold hamlet, created by passionate plantsman and talented designer, Major Lawrence Johnston. Covering an area of 10.5 acres the garden takes visitors on a journey through intimate formal areas revealing a different atmosphere or new vista at every turn. Smaller, more formal garden ‘rooms’ near the house, give way to more natural areas that blend in with the surrounding countryside further away.
Using Hidcote as a ‘blank canvas’, Lawrence Johnston designed the garden in phases from 1907 to 1938. He furnished borders with newly discovered plants and exotic rarities gathered during plant collecting expeditions from around the world.
Queen Bee, Brendon Murless - bronze resin
Open, Luke Dickinson - Rojo Alicante marble
Corten Large and Small Ferns, Ian Gill - corten steel
This area was called the Long Walk and it included many beautiful sculptures during this show.
Peekaboo, Andrew Sinclair - mixed media/resin
These were a series called Colour Catchers by Neil Wilkin - glass and stainless steel
Peekaboo, Andrew Sinclair - mixed media/resin
These were a series called Colour Catchers by Neil Wilkin - glass and stainless steel
Beech trees in an area called Beech Allee´
Sundancer, Stacey Beaumont - Delabole slate, glass, and mixed media
Iron Man, Martin Hayward-Harris - cold cast iron
Vigorous, Luke Dickinson - Jaisalmer yellow limestone (my favorite) 🤩 🤩 🤩 🤩
Dandelion Duo, David Watkinson - bronze resin, lead, stainless steel, gold leaf, and corten steel (Steve's favorite) 🤩 🤩 🤩 🤩
This was a kinetic sculpture and this 15 second video shows it blowin' in the wind
Release, Luke Dickinson - Rainforest brown marble
Uptown Girl, Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie - hand painted bronze resin and goldleaf
Currently Not Conversing, Carol Orwin - marble resin
Currently Not Conversing, Carol Orwin - marble resin
Pebble, Jonathan Loxley - Moroccan black marble
Blackbird Singing, Paul Harvey - cold cast black metals
Dove, Paul Harvey - cold cast white marble
Tawny Owl, Paul Harvey - cold cast mixed metals
Mara, Angela Farquharson - basalt ceramic, resin, and steel
Sun Swallows, Joel Walker - bronze and gold-plated bronze
Rounding, Mark Stonestreet - paradisio granite
Rounding, Mark Stonestreet - paradisio granite
The bathing pool
Meadowleaf, Ruth Moilliet - weathering steel
Not Waving, Roberta Mason - mirrored glass, stainless steel, and patinated copper
Autumn crocus!
New Dawn, Jeremy Moulsdale - iron resin
Rise, Jeremy Moulsdale - bronze resin
Rise, Jeremy Moulsdale - bronze resin
Keeper of the Light, Jeremy Moulsdale - bronze resin and gold leaf
Reverie, Hamish Holman - Carrara marble
A Message of Renewal, Glen Farrelly - reclaimed oak and sandstone
Listen to the Forest II, Brendon Murless - bronze resin
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