Friday, 15 July 2011

Warwickshire Living article

I thought I'd stretch my internet brain to its limits and try to upload a copy of the article I wrote for the May issue of Warwickshire Living. The article acts as an introduction to me and my work, and features Compton Verney, my key work location - a fabulous Lancelot 'Capability' Brown landscape garden and Robert Adam mansion.

For a link to the magazine article, click below:

Warwickshire Living, May 2011 - Gardening Ways, Gary Webb

More information on Compton Verney, & the latest 'Capability' Brown exhibition, click here!

Thursday, 30 June 2011

'Capability' Brown and the Landscapes of middle England

'Capability' Brown and the Landscapes of middle England – An exhibition at Compton Verney, Warwickshire, 25th June – 2nd October 2011



As an employee of Compton Verney I’d be less than sharp if I were to write an unflattering review about any aspect of the organisation or its work; especially if it were to cover either of the latest exhibitions – that mentioned above, or ‘Stanley Spencer and the English Garden’. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t attempt a review of an exhibition at all, on this occasion however

Laura Ellen Bacon

Laura Ellen Bacon by GaryWebb
Laura Ellen Bacon, a photo by GaryWebb on Flickr.

Artist in residence at Compton Verney, Laura Ellen Bacon, begins the first garden den/feature in the grounds. See www.comptonverney.org.uk to find out information on the residency and other art work.