New Blog, New Curator

Please note that this blog is no longer active.

The Knitted Garden is now managed by Nicki Prior. 

For all enquires and bookings please contact her at 

knittedgardencurator@gmail.com

07798 805026

The New Blog is at https://theknittedgarden.wordpress.com/

The Knitted Garden is available to hire this summer

This truly wondrous piece of creativity is available for weddings, funerals, parties, festivals, shows.....

Contact 
Pauline 07729 829 209 

Busy Bees at work in the garden

Do you know anywhere  that would like to hire the garden?

The Knitted Garden returns to Dorset

A unique opportunity to see this award winning knitted diorama and a chance to add your own coastal garden themed creations as the Red House want to create a coastal garden to add to all the other wonderful gardens that have been made. 
Please contact them for more info 01202 482860
26th Sept - 21st November



At The  Red House Museum Christchurch
http://hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/event/knitted-garden-and-coastline-blooming-marvellous-exhibition

Activity at Shipley Art Gallery

The WEA are running a knitting group at Shipley Art Gallery and this is what they have been making to add to the knitted garden!

Thank you ladies for all your time and knitting!!

http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/shipley-art-gallery.html

Shipley Art Gallery

Prince Consort Road

Gateshead NE8 4JB

Free entry 

Tel: (0191) 477 1495 / Textphone: 18001 0191 477 1495

Opening hours:

Tuesday to Friday: 10am - 4pm 

Saturday: 10am to 5pm 

Closed Sundays and Mondays

The garden blooms in Newcastle!!

The knitted garden is now at Shipley Gallery, Newcastle
from 07 Mar - 05 Sep 15

http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/shipley-art-gallery/whats-on/exhibitions/blooming-marvellous.html

Photos to follow.

The garden is now hibernating for the winter

The garden can next be seen at Shipley Art Gallery Gateshead from 7th March to 5th Sept 2015.

http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/shipley-art-gallery/whats-on/exhibitions/blooming-marvellous.html

The Garden Blooms in London

Knitted garden now in London at Arts Depot Finchley.

Warm day installing it - 35 degrees!

Looks beautiful and such a lovely space.

Opens tomorrow until Sept 4th. 

https://www.artsdepot.co.uk/

BIG thanks to the team who helped us!

Small article in this week's Woman's Weekly!

Gosport Gallery

Over 11,000 people enjoyed the garden while it was in Gosport!!!  Well done everyone!!

Standard rose and sunflowers in a pot

Hi, will the people who knitted  the standard rose and the sunflower plant in a pot please contact me.
These items where damaged at the last exhibition and I need your help to repair them, thanks, Pauline 07729 829 209

Meridian TV interview 24.4.2104

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2014-04-24/simons-blog-the-knitted-garden/

Knitted Garden just opened in Gosport Gallery until May 17th

4th year of touring and it still looks great. Tim and I have just spent the last two days installing it at Gosport Gallery, Discovery Centre.

 

Lots of new additions to the knitted garden from the women of  Gosport including an stream extension to the pond complete with ducks arse!

Some new knitted muddy footprints!

 Great new scarecrow!

 Wellies, sack of potatoes - all new work.

 Wheelbarrow is a new addition too.

And lots of signage around the town means it will be busy.

Invitation to exhibit the knitted garden in Estonia

We have been invited to take the garden to Tallin in Estonia!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallinn_TV_Tower

Exciting - just working how and when.
More details to follow...

Images from Springhead, Fontmell Magna December 2013

new dates for 2013

Blooming Marvelous – knitted garden

Do you remember the fabulous knitted garden made by 2000 wonderful residents of Bournemouth that adorned Bournemouth Library for 5 weeks in May and June 2011?

Well their knitted garden is still growing and touring the UK and has been on holiday to Durlston Country Park, Lighthouse Poole, Bridpot Arts Centre, a castle in Wales, and a museum in Halifax.

It is retuning to Dorset and will be on show at

·Beaminster Museum from Sat 16^th November to Saturday 23^nd           November

·Springhead, Fontnell Magna from Saturday 30^th Nov to Sunday           8^th December

In 2014 it will be at

·Gosport Art Gallery from 15^th March until 17^th May

·Arts Depot London 18^th July until 7^th Sept

Contact

Pauline Stanley

E:  pauline.stanley@tiscali.co.uk

New tour dates coming up

Beaminster and Fontnelle Magna in Dorset this autumn.
Peterborough in early spring 2014.
Gosport in late spring 2014.
More details to follow.

"The Swanage Middle School knitting club saw the Knitted Garden at Durlston. They decided they would like to join the project to let the country know about their knitting club and leave a lasting legacy for their school, which is closing in July 2013, due to a review of school provision in Purbeck.

The project is therefore called "The final picnic at Swanage Middle School" and depicts the girls' themselves, supervised by one of their teacher's Mr Tubb.

Lucy, Kerry, Alana, Ella, Hollie and many other nutty knitters, ages 9-11. Helped by adults; Julie, Jean and Kim"

Halifax - last week to see it for 2012.

The knitted garden is still at Bankfield museum until 10th September.

The local knitters have been making a Yorkshire garden - looking forward to seeing it!

Just received this comment from Bankfield Staff.

"It has been fantastic, the Yorkshire garden we have made is also brill, we did a hillside with sheep the flock must be 2 dozen strong at least,  it has been one of the best exhibitions we have had for a long time, people have just been coming back again and again to see it, all the children have loved it".

Bankfield Museum
Akroyd Park
Boothtown Road
Halifax HX3 6HG

Telephone: 01422 354823 / 352334

Email: bankfield.museum@calderdale.gov.uk

And the latest contribution to the knitted garden is from Yorkshire. Love the sheep! Thank you Calderdale ladies!

The knitted garden goes into hibernation for the winter but will be  exhibited again in February 2013.