Prospect Cottage Dungeness
Prospect Cottage is the former home and sanctuary of artist, filmmaker, gay rights activist and gardener Derek Jarman (1942 - 1994). From -
www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/prospect-cottage/
Surrounded by poppies, sea kale and a nuclear power station, the late director’s otherworldly cottage and garden in Kent have been saved for the nation. From - www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/21/derek-jarman-prospec...
The cabin is called Prospect Cottage and is situated on the shoreline of Dungeness, along the Kent coast. The beach there is sparse and offers a landscape of seemingly bleak obscurity. Just a few boats and houses stretch along a vast expanse of shingle – nothing else, no trees, no fields. Only the sea to the south and Romney Marsh to the north. Yet empty places can conceal a lot.
Once he'd settled in, Jarman decided to reshape the gravel beach which surrounded his new home. He resolved to turn it into a sculpture garden. And although there was little to work with, he managed to nurture santolina, valerian and crambe plants which could endure the unforgiving coastal environment. He collected driftwood and discarded rusting metal engine parts that had previously been used to winch boats from the sea. From these he created sculptures. He gathered large cobblestones together, upended and buried them to form small-scale arrangements which are somehow reminiscent of miniature stone circles and graveyards. From -
artuk.org/discover/stories/derek-jarmans-garden-a-heart-o...
Prospect Cottage Dungeness
Prospect Cottage is the former home and sanctuary of artist, filmmaker, gay rights activist and gardener Derek Jarman (1942 - 1994). From -
www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/prospect-cottage/
Surrounded by poppies, sea kale and a nuclear power station, the late director’s otherworldly cottage and garden in Kent have been saved for the nation. From - www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/21/derek-jarman-prospec...
The cabin is called Prospect Cottage and is situated on the shoreline of Dungeness, along the Kent coast. The beach there is sparse and offers a landscape of seemingly bleak obscurity. Just a few boats and houses stretch along a vast expanse of shingle – nothing else, no trees, no fields. Only the sea to the south and Romney Marsh to the north. Yet empty places can conceal a lot.
Once he'd settled in, Jarman decided to reshape the gravel beach which surrounded his new home. He resolved to turn it into a sculpture garden. And although there was little to work with, he managed to nurture santolina, valerian and crambe plants which could endure the unforgiving coastal environment. He collected driftwood and discarded rusting metal engine parts that had previously been used to winch boats from the sea. From these he created sculptures. He gathered large cobblestones together, upended and buried them to form small-scale arrangements which are somehow reminiscent of miniature stone circles and graveyards. From -
artuk.org/discover/stories/derek-jarmans-garden-a-heart-o...