"Then it is dark; a night where kings in golden suits ride elephants over the mountains." - John Cheever
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Little Sparta
The poet Ian Hamilton Finlay has died. His garden "takes its place in the great tradition of poet-philosophers' gardens stretching from Epicurus to William Shenstone."
That's a shame. I've always wanted to got there. My mum wrote a disseration about arty gardens when she was a mature student at glasgow art school. She went to this one, and Derek Jarman's one on the south coast.
That's a shame. I've always wanted to got there. My mum wrote a disseration about arty gardens when she was a mature student at glasgow art school. She went to this one, and Derek Jarman's one on the south coast.
ReplyDeleteI think it's looked after by a trust so it should still be possible to visit it. Only open in the summer months I believe.
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