Tour for Gardeners of the Ballast Seed Garden and University Botanic Garden
20th April 2013, 11am - 4pm
Tour for Gardeners of the Ballast Seed Garden and University Botanic Gardens
Date: 20.04.13
Time: 11am - 4.00pm
Location: The Floating Garden (via Boat from Arnolfini) and Bristol Botanic Gardens
Synopsis:
This fascinating two part tour will begin with a boat trip from Arnolfini to the garden, and finish with a tour at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden. Tour host Nick Wray, Curator at the University Botanic Garden will explain the principles behind the design, how the plants are raised, established, and how the display will be developed in the future.
Details:
A series of events accompanying the external project Seeds of Change: A Floating Ballast Seed Garden.
£18 / £16 Concessions. To book tickets call Arnolfni box office on: +44 (0)117 9172300 / 01 or email: [email protected] / www.arnolfini.org.uk
Ferry to the garden and bus to the Botanic Garden are included in the ticket price.
Steven Claydon’s work brings together objects recalling historical artefacts, cultural ephemera and geological samples, skillfully mixing different cultures and periods of history. Merging reality with fiction, and appearing at once meaningful and useless, Claydon’s works oscillate between an idea of truth and fantasy, seeming to offer a fragmented image of a future civilisation’s past. He will talk about his practice and his new commission in Bristol.
