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There is something irresistibly evocative about a stumpery. Part sculpture garden, part forest floor in mid-revelation, these arrangements of upturned roots and weather-worn trunks speak of age, decay, and renewal all at once. Long favoured by Victorian gardeners seeking drama and naturalism, stumperies are quietly re-emerging in contemporary gardens—yet with a distinctly thoughtful, garden-led intent.
Changeable and destructive, with winds reaching the highest ever recorded. Multiple trees toppled, broken canopies, limbs off – one resulting in loss of life. Not only ground-drying wind but then too hot, too cold, and too much rain. Altogether too much. This was the Spring that was.
The New Zealand Gardens Trust is delighted to announce Terrace Station at Hororata as the very first member of our new Collections category.
The British Library at Kings Cross, London recently held an unusual exhibition in its exhibit rooms, about the transformative power of gardening.