{"id":114618,"date":"2020-02-29T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-derek-jarmans-garden-must-be-saved-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2020-02-29T18:02:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T11:02:47","slug":"why-derek-jarmans-garden-must-be-saved-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-derek-jarmans-garden-must-be-saved-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Derek Jarman\u2019s garden must be saved | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe film-maker\u2019s Prospect Cottage and inspirational garden on the Kent shingle should be preserved for future generationsProspect Cottage and its garden sit on the shingle of Dungeness, on the Kent coast, not nestled but parked among the wild and washed-up things: sea crambe, horned poppies, driftwood, flint stone, sea worn metal and flotsam. It was with these materials that Derek Jarman, the film-maker, artist and activist, started his garden in the 80s. By the time I became aware of it as a teenager in the 90s, it had gained legendary status. It was a radical and queer act of garden-making at a time when clipped shrubs and clean lawns still ruled. Today, it is still a wild garden without boundaries: its borders just slip into the wild flora of the headland with the nuclear power station looming in the background. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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