Life, love, remembrance, food and medicine are just some of the themes of a new exhibition at the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
The UK-wide Patchwork Meadow Project, described as ‘a Bayeux Tapestry for our times’, celebrates Britain’s extraordinary wealth of wildflowers through the medium of handicraft.
The Patchwork Meadow is the brainchild of the charity Plantlife and is part of a wider European project which aims to focus attention on conservation and our plant-rich landscapes as well as the importance these play in heritage, culture, and economy of rural areas.
Scores of contributors have embroidered, sewn, knitted and woven their individual ‘patches’ which have been put together to make an inspirational wildflower ‘meadow’ of fabulous fabric art.
From Scotland to Cornwall via Wales and the Midlands, people have been hard at work creating their 15cm-square material artworks – but there’s still time for you to join the project. To find out more, visit www.plantlife.org.uk/patchworkmeadow or call Plantlife on 01722 342730.
A selection of the unique Patchwork Meadow panels are on show in the Garden’s Gallery now and the exhibition runs until February 23.
* Garden volunteer Marilyn Caruana is celebrating the arrival of Patchwork Meadow by organising special ‘stitching’ sessions in the Garden’s Gallery. They are on January 15, 22, 23 and 30. Some materials will be supplied but do bring your own if you can. And don’t forget, it’s free entry to the Garden on all of these days.
For more information about this and other events at the Garden, visit www.gardenofwales.org.uk or email info@gardenofwales.org.uk or call 01558 667149.
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