OUTSIDE Art: Garden sculpture exhibition: 21& 22 June 2008

An exciting garden sculpture exhibition with more than 30 sculptors participating, exhibiting more than 100 pieces ofFork in Pollen by Mark Reed sculpture in a series of intoxicating gardens in Warwickshire

10.30 – 5pm Admission Adult £4.00 Children Free

During this two day event artists, both local and across the country, will display their work, which is in a variety of mediums including metal, wood, glass and stone and spans from the abstract to the naturalistic. To date over 30 artists are participating in this event, some coming on from Chelsea!! The exhibition will take place both in Russells quarry garden, Maze and beautifully landscaped grounds and Avondale display and show gardens.

For further details or group bookings please contact John Marron or Richard Bantock on 07917559218

Avondale Nursery

Mill Hill, Baginton, Coventry, Warwickshire CV8 3AG

Tear Drop water feature from Sculptura ArtAvondale nursery display garden is a hidden jewel in the county of Warwickshire. Laid out in a formal style for ease of access the garden is bursting and brimming with perennials and ornamental grasses which reach a crescendo of late summer colour and height. New to 2008 are four show gardens planted on the themes: shade, gravel, prairie and cottage designed by Flower Power garden design company.

There are too many plant types to list that are featured in the garden but early summer sees a fine selection of geums, astrantias and geraniums. Mid summer – be enthralled by shasta daisies, euphorbias and poppies. Late summer there is a firework display of heleniums, crocosmia, asters, sanguisorba and ornamental grasses. This is definintely a garden that you must visit more than once.

Russells Garden Centre

Mill Hill, Baginton, Coventry, CV3 3AG

Take 6 acres of wasteland in an old quarry, filled with rubbish and old vehicles. Add countless hours of blood, sweat and tears, thousands of pounds worth of plants, and a generous helping ofMetal sculpture from Natasha Webb - Design to Grace inspiration and genius, and let them grow together for twenty years.

Russell’s Quarry Garden must surely rate as amongst the most spectacular gardens in the country. A series of ponds, streams, and waterfalls combine with mature planting to provide a stunning year round display. Visitors in May are especially rewarded by the hundreds of azaleas & rhododendrons, which blanket the garden with glorious colour. Many visitors refer to the quarry as “The Secret Garden”, and it is indeed a special haven for wildlife, tucked away on the edge of a busy city. Amongst other animals you may see are Roe Deer, Muntjac, Badgers, Foxes, Weasels and Rabbits. Birds too find the garden to be a haven, and Green Woodpeckers regularly nest there, along with Bullfinches, Kingfishers, Herons and a host of others. If you are especially lucky (and quiet!) you may catch a glimpse of the harmless Grass Snake, or a Common Lizard basking in the sunshine, whilst the water attracts Dragonflies, Mayflies, Frogs, Toads and even Salamanders.

If you haven’t visited the Quarry Garden before, then prepare to have your breath taken away. In the words of one little girl who ran into the garden, and suddenly stopped in wonder;
“Oooooohhh! It’s just like a Paradise!!”

Some of the Sculptors exhibiting will be:

Sabrina from Bronzewood Art Iron Vein
www.ironvein.co.uk
Natasha Webb
www.designtograce.co.uk
Mark Reed
www.mark-reed.com
Sculptura Art
www.sculptura-art.co.uk
Bronzewood Art
www.bronzewoodart.co.uk
Lucy Smith
www.lucysmith.org.ukLizard water feature by Lucy Smith
Anne Collins
www.warmglassart.co.ukImagine glass in the garden by Anne Collins of Warm Galss Art
Guruve
www.guruve.comThe Guruve exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show
Zimbolic
www.zimbolic.co.uk
Wroots
www.wroots.co.uk
Faraway Finds
www.farawayfinds.co.uk
Owen Cunningham
www.treeart.co.ukAndrew Frost of Tree Art sculpting with a chain saw at a show - Things are just beginning to take shape.
Stan Jankowski
www.panjankowski.co.uk
Pictures in Pieces
www.picturesinpieces.co.uk
And lots,lots more