Indoor Gardening with Morris at Compton Verney

Day 1. Ground laying the wall paper for Gardening with Morris with professional help from Graham and Steve. The dark grey night panels with Morris&Co designs of Willow Bough, Chrysanthemum and Marigold are the 1st to go up. 

Very excited to finally see all the paper up. Night and day panels  from left to right incorporating William Morris designs   Chrysanthemum, Daisy, Marigold, Bird & Pomegranate, Fruit, Compton, Willow bough, Marigold, Chrysanthemum, Willow Bough.

Day 2. The garden beginning to take shape with ceramics and the latest glass forms - Corolla bulbs and root bulbs.

Day 3. Adding plantations including Sunflowers, Aliums, Dandelion stem, Achinacea, Poppy seed heads, Black leaved elder stalk, Yellow yarrow, Blade grass, Cow parsley.

Installation assistants Jack, Jo and JP viewing at the end of a hard days work. Thanks guys!

Impressive views outside the Compton Verney gallery - Faye Claridge's giant Kern baby commission accompanied by a  small show of her photographs by the cafe. 

And one of the glorious Lebanese cypress trees!

Winter indoor gardening

Preparing for new installation ' Sanctuary' at Touchstones in Rochdale Sep 2014

Pop up clay garden, The big draw at the Garden museum , London Oct 2014

Participant on the Tea(m) event at the Gerald Moore Gallery Feb 2014

Between September and Xmas my studio activities are increasingly involved with aspects of indoor gardening.