Winter Sculpture
Exhibition
Catalogue
RHS Garden Rosemoor, Devon, EX38 8PH
Winter Sculpture Exhibition
19 November 2016 - 19 February 2017
rhs.org.uk/rosemoor
RHS Registered Charity No. 222879/SC038262
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Welcome to RHS Garden Rosemoor’s
Winter Sculpture Exhibition 2016/17
Now a regular feature, the Winter
Sculpture Exhibition has continued to
grow and now attracts over twenty
thousand visitors. Rosemoor curates
the exhibition and employs a variety
of methods to source it’s participating
sculptors: some are found whilst visiting
other gardens and exhibitions locally,
others can be recommended by the
current artists but often desk research
too can yield wonderful results. However some of the most remarkable sculptors
and their works have simply been drawn to the exhibition on their own.
The gardens in winter are the perfect backdrop for the sculptures. As the foliage
turns and falls the garden appears quite differently with structural elements
being more evident. Sculptures are placed in and around the garden in such a way
that the pieces complement and enhance their setting. Essential elements of the
pieces, their tone, message or even material construction are extracted and
echoed in the immediate environment in which they are placed. We like to site the
sculptures in such a way that the observer is confronted,
and even sometimes challenged, by these material
statements.
The quality of winter light in the garden is also an
important consideration when looking for the ideal
location. The low winter sun or the effects of adverse
weather and early darkness can be used to advantage
in dramatically highlighting the sculptures. This year a
number of the peices feature within our brand new Winter Garden Illuminations and can show the art in a totally
different light.
Most of our sculptures are available to purchase or can
be made to commission. These individual creations can
be yours to own and used to enhance your own home or garden in dramatic and
exciting ways. If you would like to know more about the sculptures and their
creators join a free guided walk which leaves from the Courtyard at 11.30am on
most Wednesdays during the Exhibition.
Colin Andrews
www.steelingnature.co.uk
Heron - £890
Six Swallows - £995
Cow Parsley - £725
Courting Cranes - £2,000
Available to order
Colin Andrews
Colin has lived and worked all his life in the heart of the industrial West Midlands,
better known as the Black Country. Now living in Cornwall. His preferred medium
being steel, using its natural flexibility and constraints, he produces these truly unique
sculptures. Taking his inspiration from nature and its powerful elements, Colin focuses
very heavily on both balance and movement within his sculpture. Each unique piece
is both visually attractive and mentally stimulating. Colin hopes you enjoy his work as
this is the reason for its creation.
Liz Baber
[email protected]
Liz’s main inspiration is drawn from nature, history and mythology.
All sculpture work starts with drawings then moves to clay work. From there she
makes moulds to produce casts that enable her to create sculptures from natural
sources, i.e. slate, marble composities. Liz makes very limited editions of each work
usually between 5 and 12 copies, sometimes only one! Her work is ideal for showing
in the garden or somewhere special in your home.
Insignia - £200
Voyager - £120
Fossil Man - £200
Hello Dolly - £100
Indoor sculpture
Silk Knight - £100
Liz Baber
Fully weatherproofed sculptures
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Adrian Bates
Black Iris Vessel - £750
White Flame - £700
Black Inward Vessel - £600
Black Flame Vessel - £450
Simon Brant
[email protected]
Simon is a North Devon artist living locally for over 50 years. Although he has always
been a painter it is only since being inspired by Rosemoor’s Sculpture Exhibition in
2012/13 that he has moved into sculpting. Drawing from nature for inspiration, the
life size sculptures capture and create original and unique designs. The sculptures are
hand crafted from recycled mild steel. All sculptures are then lacquered for
protection, whilst allowing a natural weathering process.
King - £875
Buzzard - £525
Pheasant - £550
Canada Goose - £550 ea or £1,
000 for a pair
Dinosaur Skeleton - £1,525
Adrian Bates
Adrian was drawn from an early age to letter forms and the way the outer and inner
curves and spaces relate to and interact with each other giving grace to the overall
figure. He came to understand that these relationships exist everywhere and was
eventually drawn to clay because it is so malleable. He explores organic forms in the
vessels he makes – defining inner and outer space and exploring the relationship
between them. He is influenced by the primal forms contained
inside other ‘vessels’ – human, plant and animal forms – all
‘vessels’ containing life and defined by their interaction with
the world around them. In these ways his work aims to
connect, not so much with places or objects, but to our
relationships with nature and each other…
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Dan Cordell
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www.dancordell.co.uk
Skyhigh - £475
Revolution High - £575
All in the same boat - £1,450
Apple Core - £850
New Growth - £395
Nicola Crocker
Nicola Crocker Ceramics - Facebook
Nicola graduated from the Petroc FdA Ceramics Course in 2011 with distinction and
her work is inspired by the coastline and landscape in North Devon. Interested in the
nature of the clay; the forms that can be produce from it, the colours and how the
two can work together. She enjoys the creating process as well as seeing how people
respond to her work. Nicola likes to inspire others through her work to love clay as
much as she does.
Larger Coastline pieces are made using Stoneware, crank clay. Smaller pieces are
generally made with black clay. All pieces are bisque fired to
950° and then glaze fired to 1220 - 1240°. Then a runny glaze
applied very thickly, runs during firing and pools into the
middle – this gives a glass like look. The larger pieces are then
coated with Manganese on the outside
Savoy Noir - £520
Savoy Aqua - £520
Spring Tide - £495 Fronds - £32 each Antheia - £290
Fern Unfurl - £345
Coastlne - £240
Blossom Stem - £25
Dan Cordell
Dan studied Fine Art Sculpture at Loughborough University, gaining a first class
honours degree in 2001. Since then has worked as a stone sculptor and a
technician before deciding to carve wood full time in 2003. Now carving as a living,
he has gained many commissions and been invited to attend events world wide. His
love of travel and different cultures has taken him to many exciting places including
Cambodia, New Zealand and the South Pacific islands and
this has had some influence in his work.
Stephanie Cushing
www.stephaniecushing.com
Stephanie came to art as a mature student, training as a ceramicist but has been
working as a sculptor and stone carver for 10 years. Her work is mostly abstract,
concentrating on shape and form, taking inspiration from natural forms, in particular
the sensuous shapes of seeds and fruits. She likes to respond to the material she is
working with and recent works in marble are an
exploration of the fluidity of the material. Her aim is to
make this rigid but beautiful material appear malleable
and pliable, as if it has been gently coaxed and twisted
into shape.’
Forest Feathers 2 - £4,200
Drop 2 - £2,500
Lancea 2 - £2,100
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Roger Davies
Born in Derbyshire in 1958, Roger grew up in Derby and Burton on Trent
Staffordshire. He had a keen eye for drawing and making models from a young age
and later showed an interest in making objects in metals. Now based in the Midlands
after 9 years in the south west, his work usually depicts wild life and in particular sea
life, making works such as turtles and whale tails. His later works have included stags
and star fish.
Rutting Stags - £3,500 pair
Hunting Eagle - £2,500
Whale’s Tail - £1,800
Mushrooms - £80 each
Karen Edwards
www.karenedwardsceramics.co.uk
Karen’s sculptures are individually made in stoneware, using handbuilding
techniques of coiling, slabbing, pinching and carving. This means that no two pieces
will be identical. The natural colouring and strong forms are designed to
complement any garden, from traditional to modern, and are equally suitable for
enjoyment inside the home. Karen’s interest in plants and enjoyment of the
landscape around her Somerset home has a bearing on her
work. Visitors are very welcome to visit Karen’s studio, just
off the A38 near Bristol airport.
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Ptolemy Elrington
Karen Edwards
Blue Flame - £680
Vestige - £625
Sycamore Seed - £425
Curry Seed Pod - £375
Rock Bird Bath - £230
Yin Yang Disc - £450
Ptolemy has always liked the creative process. He studied art and design in
Bradford in the eighties and was very fortunate in earlier life to have parents who
encouraged him whenever he made or drew something. Now he runs his own
business making sculptures out of recycled materials. He finds the various shapes of
the raw materials mentally stimulating, and the use materials he discovers opens up
a dialogue about recycling, re-designing and the value of nature. He mostly makes
animals; fish and birds because nature has always drawn his eye and this subject
seems to suit him.
Grasshopper - £1,100
Dragonfly - £1,700
Verdy Birdy - £1,200
Baboon Skeleton - £4,000
Little Scrap Bird - £1,500
Ash Tree Pottery
www.ashtree-pottery.co.uk
Ash Tree Pottery was set up in 1995 by Rowan Fawdon and her husband Neil. Whilst
Rowan is the potter, Neil handles the great diversity of other requirements of a
business from administration to electrics, and a ready supply of tea and constructive
criticism!
Rowan’s interest in ceramics arose as a pre-school child, having a handy supply of
clay in her parent’s garden. The opportunity to take ceramics as an exam subject at
school introduced her to throwing. Both hand building and throwing have
continued into her adult life with various training courses adding new ideas and a
greater depth of knowledge.
Resting Otter - £260
Milly - £760
Garden Dragon - £370
Standing Otter - £360
Fleur - £360
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Woody Fox
Woody works mainly to commission so that each sculpture
is unique.
White Tree Stag - £900
Woody Fox
After obtaining a degree in multi-disciplinary design back in the 80’s Woody became
a children’s illustrator. Around 12 years ago he went on a one day willow
sculpting course and fell in love with this material. The flow and weave that only
willow can provide is just beautiful, enabling the creation of muscle tone and
textures in his sculptures.
All outdoor sculptures are made on a steel frame with the rods
having enough extra on the bottom of the legs to go into the
ground of the garden/park etc. to create a firm and secure footing.
Then the willow is woven into the frame and over it to become as
dense as possible making muscle tone shine through.
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Stephen Grassby
Stephen has found fame in the the TV and Film industry creating silicone &
fibreglass moulds of almost anything that the client would like replicating. Silcone
moulding is a cost effective method of replicating the expensive & the possibilities
are almost endless.
Silicone moulds can be for small items such as
plaques or garden statues to larger complex
architectural pieces such as columns & pillars,
building facsias & cornicing, including replica walls.
Tree of Life - £4,800
Egyptian Cat - £600
Hare - £230
Paul Harvey
www.paulharveysculpture.co.uk
Paul has been sculpting since the age of ten, has sold work to the Royal family and
has exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show. His studio is set in the Hampshire
countryside, on the edge of a pond, which has been developed over time into a small
nature reserve. This has encouraged many of the birds he sculpts to show themselves
in their true and natural light. Birds were an interest from an early age, having kept
many species in aviaries, he was keen to carve them in wood. However, birds with
their delicate features didn’t lend themselves to wood carving, so the design had to
be simplified, a style that combined with his other great interest Art Deco and this
forms the basis of his work today.
Barn Owl - £2,750
Tawny Owl - £590
Heron - £1,250
Bittern - £575
Terns - £550 per pair
George Hider
[email protected]
George Hider is a West Country artist working for the last 12 years from his home
in South Somerset. He uses his natural talent to create life-like forms from locally
sourced recycled steel. Every piece of recycled metal is carefully formed and welded
into place so each sculpture is unique.
Small sculptures are lacquered, suitable for placing
indoors and in the garden. Large sculptures are
protected with lanolin, a natural product from sheep’s
wool, which allows them to weather and take on a
natural appearance.
Abstract Metal Screen - £700
Cockerels - £290 ea Hens - £280ea
Pheasants - £270 ea
Heron - £650
Owls - £250 ea
Owl on wood - £270
Large Owl - £280
Roebuck - £1,800
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Angela Holmes
Angela’s main passion is Stone Carving, aiming to transform a discarded rock into
something that has dignity and presence. By lifting stone beyond gravity to create
fluidity and lightness; by waking stone from its dormancy to discover its unseen
rhythms, the sculptor imbues it with a new destiny. Angela’s sculptures are not
directly figurative or representational but explore different moods and qualities.
They thus address the contemplative and imaginative natures of their viewers,
inviting them on both tactile and emotive journeys.
Circumfluent - £975
Shedding the Cloak - £1,000
Cathedral Leaf £750
Chris Kampf
www.ckgardensculptures.co.uk
Chris gained a BA Hons in jewellery and silversmithing back in 1988. He designed
and made jewellery for three years before joining The Steelworks. The success of his
first garden sculptures in the spring of 2013 gave Chris the confidence to create his
own website. Chris’ simple interpretation of leaves and buds in steel, stand out well
against a garden backdrop. His designs have 360 degree
interest, framing plants and buildings, while the steel surfaces
reflect both sky and vegetation.
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Renée Kilburn
Chris Kampf
Fire Cube Ammonights - £450
Fire Cube Flame - £450
Fire Cube Grasses - £450
Jungle Feet set of 5 - £410
Renée’s artistic journey started in Sweden as a painter. It was only when she took
her first pottery class that she realised what was missing. Glaze! She needed to paint
on glaze where magic happens in the firing process.
In 1994, she moved to London to study Ceramic Design at Central St Martins.
During that time she also worked as an assistant to ceramic artist Kate Malone. This
was where she understood that clay could become so much more than what she had
experienced up to that point.
Her work has developed since then to be tactile, painterly and
truly unique. Stoneware clay really can become bright and
have “movement” when fired. Her inspiration comes from
nature, interpreting what she has seen more than copying.
Floral Urn - £850
Floral Stool - £650
Large Flower Birdbath Dish on metal stake £350
Flower birdfeeders / birdbaths on stems - £60 each
Michael Kusz
www.graculus.co.uk
Michael Kusz uses inventive welding techniques to transform scrap metal everything from copper boilers through to antique garden rollers - into unique and
whimsical works of art. His fantastical birds and animals are bursting with life and
energy, reflecting his passion for materials and his keen sense of fun. Kusz is already
attracting national and international attention for example his innovative stand at
Hampton Court show won him an award and much critical
acclaim, and he has even worked on pieces for a prestigious
garden development in Singapore.
Rook The Boat - £2,950
Fire Fighters - £3,600
Herons above - £9,750
Doug! - £700
Lovebats - £165 Bats - £96
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Allan Mackenzie
Gunnera Leaf - £335 ea
Key View - £445
Life - £2,250
Lotus Flower Seeds - £175 ea
Artichoke - £155 ea
Allan Mackenzie
After completing courses in Commercial Art and Graphic Design at the Worthing
College of Art, Allan then pursued a career in construction. During this time the
creative side kept etching away at him and he took every opportunity to take on art
commisions. These included artworks for a national house builder, company logos,
and also entered local art competitions.
The urge was too strong and now Allan works full time on his art concentrating on
sculpture from his studio in Sussex. The materials he tends to work with are plaster
or clay form on a plywood base then casting in cold metals, resin stone or Jesmonite
Stone.
Ian Marlow ARBS
www.marlowsculpture.co.uk
Ian’s current work is mainly in stainless steel which is such a wonderful medium for
garden sculptures. Its neutral colour sits comfortably in any background, reflecting
the colours around it and changing with the light and the seasons. This use of
modern materials to create natural forms allows them to sit comfortably in either
traditional gardens among the real counterparts they seek to emulate or in the harsh
minimalist landscape of modern architecture. Wherever you
place them they take on a new life, as strong and delicate as
their natural counterparts.
Otter - £8,750
Burst of Red - £2,250
Blue Leaves - £1,600
Chameleon Leaves - £1,950
Springtime in Yellow - £2,100
Spectra 008 - £1,250
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Glenn Martin
A self-taught eco-sculptor Glenn actually studied 3 Dimensional design at Leeds
Metropolitan University and is now based on the Isle of Wight. Preferred mediums
are reclaimed materials, from plastics and glass to metals and wood. Sculptures can
be either one or several materials.
Influences of creativity are mainly derived from nature. From designing and building,
decor installations in nightclubs to community sculptures working with young
people. From hire sculpture for festivals to more refined bespoke pieces Glenn has
always kept his work diverse. In recent years he has gravitated towards only using
recycled materials in construction of sculpture.
Although this is not achievable for every project it is
a philosophy he likes to uphold wherever possible.
Sea Glass Octupus - £5,060
Sea Glass Hetermorph - £1,600
Sea Glass & Copper Echinacea - £1,100
Pod Tree - £3,000 Unfurl - £2,550
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Ned Morgan
Ned left Bristol University in 1974 with a B.Sc.Honours Zoology degree. After no
success with job hunting he was given a place at the Royal college of Art in London
to study for a postgraduate degree in biological illustrating. However a job offer at
the Natural History Museum in London could not be refused and Ned went on to
publish on the Chrysididae Hymenoptera, illustrating his own work and that of other
entomologists.
While at the Natural History Museum, Ned took up woodcarving and used a
variety of British woods and recycled foreign hardwoods. Success came with winning
a gold medal at the Woodworker show in London with a praying mantis and moth in
walnut.
Dragonfly - £760
Weevil - £800
Dungbeetle - £600
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David Newman
Torsion 4 - £500
Torsion 5 - £600
Torsion 6 - £550
Torsion 7 - £550
David Newman
David has always been interested in the arts and the natural world. He spent his
working life as a GP and retired in 2007. He had painted and carved wood in the
1990’s. A course at Bawdsey Manor, Suffolk introduced him to stone carving and
in 2008 he started a 3 year course in stone sculpture. David carves stone because
he loves its tactile qualities and finds 3 dimensional work very challenging. Initially
experimental and exploratory, mainly using chisels but now
mainly use electric tools. Currently he is studying natural
forms and is interested in patterns and geometric shapes in
nature. David belongs to the South West Sculptures
Organisation that is run by sculptors to support each other
and develop sculpture in the South West.
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Carol Peace
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www.carolpeace.com
Carol Peace studied sculpture at Winchester School of Art and Drawing at The
Prince’s Drawing School. She has obtained numerous commissions both public and
private and solo shows in London, Athens, Zurich, France, Spain and Holland. In 2007
she co-founded the Bristol Drawing School.
Each piece is started with a drawing. The process of drawing, that intuitive response,
is in part what she aims for in her work. She sculpts in clay which is easy to mark and
once finished it is cast into bronze, fixing the marks in place. The end result is that
Carol’s figures inhabit an inner world of self-reflection. With their
delicately balanced forms and rock like plinths they invite the
viewer to mediate on the human condition, such as the step from
adolescence to adult hood or the vulnerability of a mother and
child.
Love - £680
Reading - £2,800
Heart Beat - £2,800
Back to Bliss - £1,800
Bird Bath - £8,400
Carpe Diem - £4,800
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Taz Pollard
Award winning ceramic artist Taz Pollard has long worked with traditional pottery
forms giving them a fresh new look either by finish or by scale. This new body of
work has seen her move on to more expressive forms, ceramics being a wonderful
medium for conveying the human condition. Bold, strong, fragmented, flawed and
fragile, these pieces reach upwards and outwards with hope.
Dark Skies Rising - £2,750
After the Rain - £3,850
Dawn Rush - £1,850
Pink Blush - £380
Blue Rain - £350
Sue Smith
www.suesmithglass.co.uk
Originally from North Devon, Sue has lived and worked in various countries,
particularly the Middle East and Mediterranean, and is
influenced and inspired by the different cultures and architecture.
Her mosaic mirrors, panels and balls are designed for both indoor
and all year garden display using recycled materials wherever
possible.
These bright mosaics can be used as a feature among climbing
plants, placed in a gloomy corner, floated on ponds and lakes,
hung from trees or filled with solar lights all bringing a splash of
colour to our dormant winter landscapes.
Rainbow - £275
Red Roses - £300
Gaudi Dreams - £480
Gaudi Dreams Arch Mirror - £500
Tony Smither - Orchard Pottery
www.orchardpottery.com
Orchard Pottery is a small studio pottery – the partnership of Doreen Gardner and
Tony Smither, in business since 1980. Doreen & Tony work predominately in
ceramics, using most of the manufacturing processes available. These include
coiling, press moulding, slip casting, throwing, extruding, and slab building. On many
pieces two or more techniques are employed. Recently some sculptures have been
produced in cold-cast bronze resin and foundry bronze. All of the ceramic pieces are
frostproof stoneware so that they can all be safely used in the
garden all year round.
Ewenice - £450
Baabara - £450
Shauna - £400
The Girls - £240
Big Cyril - £165
Charlie Cabbage - £158
Runner Ducks - £45 ea or 5 for £200
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Emily Stone
Emily creates her Copper Creatures from her workshop near Dover in Kent. Having
studied art at Canterbury and then Hereford, in 2001 she started sculpting full-time,
enjoying the versatile nature of copper; creating tactile forms of the essence of
the subject. She derives enormous satisfaction from seeing people drawn to touch,
stroke, or even be prickled by her creatures. The copper can be coloured and lacquered to keep those colours, which provides stunning contrasts as it ages, giving
each piece an extra sense of character and spirit.
Elm Leaf - £45 (small) to £100 (large)
Horse Chestnut Leaf - £105 (s) to £1,650 (giant)
Oak Leaf - £65 (small pair) to £1,150 (giant)
Sycamore Leaf - £45 (small) to £1,150 (giant)
Periwinkle - £65 (s), £65 (bud), £75 (m), £85 (l)
Saddleback - £1,850 (pig), £385 (yearling),
Saddleback - £165 (piglet)
Woodpecker - £225
Rutting Stags - £11,500
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Tess Wilmot
Sitting Black Cat - £290
Sitting Tabby Cat - £345
Curled Black or Grey Cat - £250
Curled Tortoiseshell Cat - £290
Donkey - £250
Tess Wilmot
Devon born sculptor Tess Wilmot interprets domestic and wild animals in cast
stone. Following creative work in Europe in the 1980s and 90s, Tess returned to her
roots, in the Erme Valley near Ivybridge, setting up her Riverside Studio in 1994.
Using the colours of mainly local powdered stone as her palette, Tess creates tactile
sculptures with realistic markings. Her distinctive method of bonding the natural
coloured stone within each figure, rather than painting the
colours on afterwards, results in an individual polished stone
finish. Each piece is important to Tess, so even when they
have very fine detail or texture, they always feel wonderful
to touch.
There’s something for everyone year-round at RHS Garden Rosemoor.
In addition to garden highlights that change every month, we host a
multitude of events from the entertaining to the educational, from
garden walks and talks to family fun days, plant and craft fairs.
Highlights of Art and Craft events in 2017
‘Paper to Petals’ Paper snowdrop craft workshops 28, 29 Jan & 4, 5 Feb
Sculptural Needle-felting:Hares*
1 February
Willow Weaving: Baskets*
10 February, 4 & 31 March
Spring Craft & Design Fair 29 Apr - 1 May
Digital Photography for Beginners*
17 & 18 June
Rose Weekend & Floral Craft Market 24 - 25 June
Book Fair and launch of Famous Five go on a garden adventure 6 July
Vintage Weekend 22 - 23 July
Wind in the Willows - Outdoor theatre
8 August
September Craft Fair
8 -10 September
The Artists’ Garden: Art Exhibition 7 - 24 September
Autumn Antiques Fair
21 - 22 October
Magical Garden Illuminations
17 November - 6 January 2018
Winter Sculpture Exhibition
18 November - 18 February 2018
For the full listing of events please pick up your copy of the Rosemoor Garden leaflet from the
Visitor Centre which contains an ‘at a glance events calendar.
* Adult Leisure Learning Course / Workshop - subject to extra fees to Normal Garden
Admission. Please see courses / worshops 2017 brochure for details.
Images © RHS unless otherwise stated
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Eating & Drinking at Rosemoor
Rosemoor Garden Kitchen Restaurant
Delicious award-winning food served every day in a restaurant
that offers stunning views over the garden. Seasonal hot main courses,
prepared by our Head Chef are served every day with three choices;
these will always include a vegetarian and a gluten-free option. The
Garden at Rosemoor provides us with an abundance of wonderful fruit
and vegetables which we make
use of in all our dishes,
including turning them into
chutneys and jams. The very
popular Sunday Carvery is
served between 12 noon and
3pm.