Bringing the Outside In

Bringing the Outside In

As a gardener and visual artist, it is a great pleasure to wander through The Ark’s surrounding garden, select flora and a vessel to arrange an installation, and place in situ. Otherwise, I forage on my daily walks. To have the pleasure of nature’s beauty...
Slow stays

Slow stays

The Ark has a restorative sense about it. Maybe it is the cathedral ceilings and resplendent light filtered through the beautifully designed leadlight windows. Or the heartfelt restoration conducted by its custodians and hosts has given The Ark a new chapter to its...
The Garden

The Garden

The Ark is surrounded by gardens, which bring joy with their various ‘rooms’ which wrap around the church from the east to west. Essentially a cottage garden, best suited to the church’s architecture and materials. As with all gardens, they are...