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"I felt a little like a kid in a sweet shop on discovering thinkingardens..." Amanda Patton
Welcome to our website, where you'll find a collection of challenging, entertaining and exciting garden writing, all contributed for free by some of our very best garden writers. As those irritating waiters say: enjoy.
Anne Wareham, editor
To discover more about thinkingardens itself see our manifesto and mission statement.
Recent contributions:
Reports of thinkingardens symposiums: in May from Stephen Anderton and June by Chris Young
Future Gardens reviewed by Anne Wareham
(below are the representatives of thinkingardens at Future Gardens, left to right, Stephen Anderton,(with bun), Anne Wareham, Corrine Julius and Chris Young.)
Stephen Anderton: "Time to see the Bigger Picture"(link) = 'the Times' addresses garden as art.
Chelsea 2009 - interviews with the great and - the rest - by Anne Wareham
Tim Richardson on Little Sparta and garden design: "....we are reminded of Finlay’s dictum: “Embark on a garden with a vision but never with a plan."
Charles Hawes on Garden photography and art: "....Our words and pictures are destined for the pages of magazines and books which are not interested in “the truth” about gardens..."
Review of BBC Gardener's World, 3rd April 2009 by Matthew Appleby - "Trendy efforts such as fast cuts and (2007 vintage) Kate Nash music does not stop the show being one presented by a middle-aged man in a red anorak with a bald spot (on his head, not the coat)."
Review of Maggie's Centre Garden, designer Dan Pearson, by Bridget Rosewell, - "Looking round rather wild eyed and frankly astonished, I reflected on what was wrong here...."
Tim Richardson - "Should we trust anyone’s opinion on a garden except our own?" - "Beth Chatto's garden was never going to be 'my thing', exactly, but I found it all rather underwhelming...."
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ThinkinGardens Group: Mission Statement
The ThinkinGardens Group has been set up, with the support of the Royal Horticultural Society, in its role as a learned society, to encourage and develop a broader, more enquiring attitude to gardens. This will encompass the aesthetic of gardens, the philosophy of gardens, and what gardens mean or can offer. The Group’s work is aimed at stimulating both gardeners and non-gardeners alike.
It will seek to explore:
- The contemporary aesthetics of gardens
- Gardens as they relate to other arts, and garden makers as they relate to other artists
- The value of gardens to non-gardeners
- The importance of gardens to society
- The relationships between gardens and contemporary philosophy including scientific philosophy
To explore these aims the Group will facilitate activities which relate to the above (such as discussions, papers, articles, programmes, events and exhibitions) and will seek to bring them to the public eye, especially to like-minded organisations and individuals beyond the audience of the usual gardening public.
Members of the Group will bring together a mixture of creative disciplines from outside gardening, but will also include representation from the RHS and in particular from its monthly journal, The Garden. back to the top
Buga Seats © Stephen Anderton