Exhibition
Marine: Ian Hamilton Finlay
22 May 2021 – 03 Oct 2021
City Art Centre
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Photo: Courtesy of Little Sparta Trust
Talk
The Four Seasons in Full Sail: A Year in the Garden at Little Sparta
2 Jun 2021
Regular hours
- Wed, 02 Jun
- 14:00 – 15:00
Address
- 2 Market Street
- Edinburgh
Scotland - EH1 1DE
- United Kingdom
Event map
A talk by George Gilliland, Head Gardener at Little Sparta, on Ian Hamilton Finlay's incredible garden at Stonypath.
About
Set in the Pentland Hills, near Edinburgh, Little Sparta is Finlay’s greatest work of art. Finlay moved to the farm at Stonypath in 1966 and, in partnership with his wife Sue Finlay, began to create what would become an internationally acclaimed garden across seven acres of a wild and exposed moorland site.
In this talk George Gilliland, Head Gardener at Little Sparta, will give a brief description of its themes, content and planting. For the past 9 years he has been responsible for the conservation and care of the garden and its artworks.
