Welcome
Welcome to the Wye Valley Sculpture Garden
The garden is designed as a space that is relaxing and restorative that we hope you feel this so please take your time to enjoy the space.
‘The marks we make’ - Sculpture Trail
This trail takes you around the garden and its sculptures designed by GemmaKateWood
I spend many hours walking in the woods and love to capture their unique atmosphere throughout the season through my photography that can be viewed here Instagram and facebook and on my website .
THE MARKS WE MAKE
My Influences
Place - well you do not have to look far, it is all around you – the Beautiful Wye Valley.
It is an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB,) renowned for its picturesque qualities.
Artists have come here for hundreds of years to gain inspiration; I am so very privileged to actually call this place me home.
I have lived and worked here in the Wye Valley almost my entire life.
Quite simply, I feel deeply rooted to this place. I know it intimately and love and embrace each of its very distinct seasons. I could tell you what time and where the sun will rise and which trees will come into leaf and when.
However, this most precious landscape that I revere so highly is under threat. We live in a Temperate or Celtic rainforest and it is much under threat as the tropical ones that still garner all the news. Through my work I explore what is so dear to me and talk about my thoughts on how to preserve and regenerate it.
And I am deeply conscious of these changes because of my story, my upbringing teaching me to look and observe. To pay attention to the details. To live without chemicals, to ensure biodiversity not only on the land but within our own bodies.
Nature is our greatest teacher, we must learn to listen and walk as lightly on the planet as possible.
It centres around the Artwork and my inspiration and ethos.
These are simply my words, thoughts and ideas that influence my work.
As it is relevant to who I am, I will also include a little about our family story and the story of the place