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Ian Hamilton Finlay and the Sculpture Garden
Luton Council, very forward-thinking for its time (1986), commissioned Ian Hamilton Finlay to produce one of the most modern and thought-provoking gardens for Stockwood Park.
Finlay is better known for his own garden, Little Sparta, in Scotland , but designed gardens across Europe. He drew on the classical arcadian landscape which would once have surrounded the mansion and plays with ideas of double-meanings, both in the landscape - are those building columns or tree trunks - and in the insc
Finlay is better known for his own garden, Little Sparta, in Scotland , but designed gardens across Europe. He drew on the classical arcadian landscape which would once have surrounded the mansion and plays with ideas of double-meanings, both in the landscape - are those building columns or tree trunks - and in the insc
Times: 11am - 12pm
Tickets: £10 including tea and coffee
Tickets: £10 including tea and coffee
Stockwood Discovery Centre, London Road, Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 4LX
Thu 2 Apr 2020
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