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Little Sparta, Dunsyre, Lanark |
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Little Sparta, Dunsyre, Lanark |
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Sparta - created by Ian Hamilton Finlay, who was shortlisted for the Turner prize in 1985,
this is of the few gardens taken seriously as art. Fun, exciting,
intelligent and groundbreaking. It is a garden full of words, sculptures
and magical moments, like the sudden appearance of a lake with black swan,
at the top of a small steep path. A garden of memorials and a memorial
garden with a recurrent theme of war and of the sea. Not for the plant
spotters, and maybe more of a gallery than a garden. The garden contains
the art perhaps more than expresses it. |
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| 2008 Little Sparta Garden open - Friday and Sunday afternoons, 2:30-5pm, from 15th June to 14th October. Visits by groups of 10 or more should be made by appointment: telephone Laura Robertson on 07758 812263. Not suitable for young children. | Little Sparta |
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