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Monthly Archives: April 2014
A Gardener’s Promise
The Gardeners promised to make a planter and find a specimen tree that would ‘advertise’ the artwork at Reception. They are busy people – my expectations weren’t high – but I was taken aback by the loveliness of their choices.The … Continue reading
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Tagged Arran Ranger Service, Artists, Brodick Castle, Farmers, Forestry, Gardeners, Genetics, Leaves, Moss, Mutation, Nature of Change, Outside, Rhododendron, Transition, Trees
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Looking Different
I’m thinking about slowing down, normally associated with ‘getting old’ – check – but in this instance taking more time to really look. The artwork is slow-burn and needs ‘different’ eyes to process its qualities (which are partly about just … Continue reading
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Tagged Artwork, Change, Flickr, Framing, Growth, Launch, Leaves, Looking, Observation, Photography, Residency, Rhododendron, Rowan, Walking, Woodlands
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The Green
Leaves sliced, stumps charred, moss, logs and leaf-litter lifted and shifted; we are almost there, almost ready for the official launch. But where is ‘there’? The site hasn’t got a name. On first visiting I wrote ‘Jo’s Rhodi’s’ in my … Continue reading
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Tagged Artwork, Glade, Grove, Launch, Leaves, Maps, Moss, Naming, Note-book, Rabbie Burns, Ryden Trail, Scots, Volunteers, Woodlands
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Non-native Species
The grounds of the estate host many exotics in amongst the natives. And for a few days this week, there were two more than usual to be spotted wandering paths, admiring views and sticking noses into mosses; basically turning up … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, Brodick, Exotics, Glade, Habitat, Identification, Invasives, Leaves, Moss, National Trust for Scotland, Non-native Species, Photography, Plants, Predation, Rhododendron, Sara Maitland, Staff, Visitors, Woodlands
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Nature of Change 