Amanda Harman exhibition quotGarden Stories Hidden Labours quot - N.A. - (Abbeville, AL)

Amanda Harman st experienced the gardens of Tyntesfield a country house and estate in Bristol that is now part of England s National Trust as a volunteer working in the cut flower garden. After spending a year assisting with maintaining the grounds Harman returned with her camera to tell the story of this historic site. Although decidedly understated in t the artist s large color prints masterfully reveal the wondrous microco of the greenhouses and outbuildings whose orderly forms would cease to exist without the many dedicated hours of toil behind-the-scenes. By uncovering the small signs of the day to day the ding of plants their protection from insects disease and weather the nurturing of seedlings and der plants in the glasshouses the harvesting drying and storing of crops and the gathering of flowers to be arranged and placed in the house these observations seek to embody the gardener s labours and to reveal the unseen stories of the gardens and those who d them....