A couple of miles down the road from our house is Biddulph Grange Garden, a National Trust property I’ve visited many times since I was a child. It’s proved to be the perfect place to take an unsettled babe, so inspiring and exciting in equal measures.. He falls asleep, I get to wander and dream.
I’ve visited so many times over the past few months that I’ve begun a whole new body of work inspired by the gardens, in particular, Mrs Bateman’s garden, a small, intimate space set out in the cottage garden style, with dahlias fighting for space in its beds.

11th Nov 2011