Anne Jennings to Nori and Sandra Pope
The Museum of Garden History is working with Niall Hobhouse to present an
exhibition about the Hadspen Parabola competition, and I am curating the
exhibition.
As part of the narrative we intend to tell the history of the garden,
including of course your work - Heather Edwards is letting us use some of
her images from 2005, just before you left which show the wonderful
planting
and colour combinations that were so much your trademark there.
I wondered if you would be prepared to contribute to the exhibition by
emailing your thoughts about the dramatic end to ‘your’ garden, together
with any reminiscences of your time there, hopes for the future of the
site
etc. You can be as controversial as you like ( knowing Niall you will
appreciate this I’m sure) but also as honest as you can be. Many of our
visitors will feel puzzled by the ideas behind the competition, and some
I’m
sure will be troubled when they see image of the now cleared site.
Do let me know if you feel you can help with this
p.s I have a very happy memory of visiting the garden when my now 15 year
old daughter was a toddler. I was showing her the rain drops on the
leaves
of Alchemilla mollis and talking to her about how they looked like
jewels.
Nori was in the potting shed and came out to say how lovely it had been
to
overhear the conversation!