Monnow Valley Arts garden

Monnow Valley Arts: Middle Hunt House. 'One of Herefordshire's hidden gems' Jesse Norman MP for South Herefordshire 3 September 2011
A modern garden of four acres. All the design for the garden has been done by its owners. A debt is owed to Piet Oudolf, who has inspired the owners to use large swathes of perennial grasses and herbaceous plants.
The garden is also used by Monnow Valley Arts, a charitable arts foundation, so the garden is a backdrop to changing sculpture exhibitions. In the sensory garden, twelve 4 metre square beds are planted with herbs and scented flowers which flower consecutively. Between each bed is a sculpture.
The outlook from the sensory garden is to the Art & Memory field with raised banks and a pond for the display of larger pieces of sculpture and specimen trees.
The garden is a hidden gem, in a surprising place with stunning views over the Black Mountains of Wales. It is well worth the detour if you want to see how the owners have created a truly inspirational modern garden from an old working farm.

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Art & Memory: A permanent display of part of the...

Sat 07 Apr 2012 – Sun 28 Oct 2012

Art & Memory: A permanent display of part of the national collection of contemporary memorial art

Britain's Hard 60s: John Bulmer's colour photographs of a changing Britain

Sat 28 Apr 2012 – Sun 24 Jun 2012

An exhibition of 40 photographs taken in colour in the 1960s of the North of England by one of the first photo journalists to use colour. John provided colour images for the Sunday Times Colour Supplement which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012, including images for the first edition.

Garden ceramics: An exhibition of contemporary pottey and sculpture

Sat 28 Apr 2012 – Sun 28 Oct 2012

In the parterre garden and around the gallery is a display of sculpture in ceramics, hand-made glazed and terracotta pots and ceramic bird baths. Works are for sale

Ben Nicholson (1894-1982): Defining structure and space by line

Sat 30 Jun 2012 – Sun 26 Aug 2012

An exhibition exploring the graphic work of one of Britain's most important modern artists of the 20th century. Based on loans from private collection supplemented by etchings for sale.

Image and Word: Prints and Private Press Books

Sat 01 Sep 2012 – Sun 28 Oct 2012

Julian Francis has been collecting the works of artists who contributed to private press books for over 30 years. This exhibition of 50 books and 50 prints looks at the symbiotic relationship between the artist and the publisher in producing beautiful books.

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