Art in the Garden 2026 - NOW OPEN!
Our annual Art in the Garden Event is now open. This year we have special Children's Trail and a resident ceramics artist - Christina Bruce from CELADONIA CERAMICS will creating ceramic masterpieces live at the garden centre every Sat - Wed throughout the event.
As usual, many thanks to all our exhibitors and visitors who make this event such a success!
Look forward to seeing you soon 🙂
Art in the Garden 2026 & Children’s Trail
Our annual Art in the Garden Event is back! (every day from 1st July to 31st August 10am-5pm)
Our annual FREE event ‘Art in the Garden’ returns for its 13th season to showcase garden art created predominantly by local artists. Take a stroll around our many themed gardens to discover interesting, fun and thought provoking installations. Get the kids involved too by following the trail to find creatures hiding among the pieces🫣
Afterwards, don’t forget to vote for your favourite in ‘The People’s Vote’ for a chance to win gift vouchers. We look forward to seeing you soon.
Artist in Residence: CHRISTINA BRUCE – CELADONIA CERAMICS
During July and August Christina will be our ‘Artist-in -Residence’ for Art in the Garden creating masterpieces live at the garden centre every Sat - Wed throughout the event.
Originally from Cyprus, she is a self-taught ceramicist whose work centres on functional forms and high end, homemade glazes. Some of her beautiful pottery is for sale in the gift shop too.
celadoniaceramics.co.uk |celadoniaceramics@gmail.com
There's no doubt we are passionate about gardens here, but we also share a great love for art. So, what better way to celebrate the talents of local artists than our annual Art in the Garden event.
Every year in July/August we invite local Scottish Artists to exhibit some of their best outdoor work. We then pick out the nicest spots in our themed gardens to show them off at their best.
We've been running 'Art in the Garden' for several years now and it has proved a great hit with our visitors. We also hold a competition where the public are encouraged to vote for their favourite pieces and voters for the most popular installation are entered into a prize draw.
More details of this year's event to follow shortly, but in the meantime here's a few snaps from events past to give you a flavour of what to expect - see you soon!
Art in the Garden 2026
July 4th - August 31st
Here are details and map positions of some of the local artists & exhibitors showing their work at the event this year:
1 LIZ PATON
Liz is a local artist and friend of Hopetoun. Working mainly in timber and leaded stained glass, Liz likes her pieces to enhance the local environment and react with any natural light. Liz won The People’s Choice Vote last year with ‘Colour and Light’.
lizzy@speedypancake.co.uk
2 & 3 POWDERHALL BRONZE
Established in 1989 by husband & wife team Kerry Hammond and Brian Caster, they both produce cast bronze sculptures inspired by shapes, rhythms and structures in nature. Their pieces are resilient and tactile inviting the viewer to reach out and interact when encountered.
info@powderhallbronzeeditions.co.uk | powderhallbronze.co.uk
4 RATHO BYRES FORGE - Shona Johnson
Husband and wife team Shona Johnson and Pete Hill use traditional metal work forging techniques mixed with contemporary design to create beautiful pieces of art. Some of their work has been commissioned for public places – a bench in the Palm House of Edinburgh Royal Botanical Gardens & the south porch gate at St Michaels Church in Linlithgow are two examples. They have won The People’s Vote previously, most notably in 2015 with a ‘Kaleidoscope’ of butterflies in the woodland riverbed and ‘Club Med’ in 2019 reflecting on the ongoing refugee crisis.
shona@rathobyresforge.co.uk | rathobyresforge.co.uk
5 JOANNA WESTWATER
A local artist based in Edinburgh, who uses acrylic paint on rough board to create unique art pieces. Her pieces are inspired by nature and a trip to Crete on holiday. Joanna accepts commissions to paint portraits of people & pets.
joannawestwater@yahoo.co.uk
6 FRASER MACEWAN
Describes himself as an artist & poet. His words can be read on the boards at the back of The Scottish Garden.
f.macewan@btinternet.com
7 GILL CHESNUTT
Gill is a fused glass artist working from her garden studio on the south side of Glasgow, creating glass art for the past 13 years, specialising in garden art. The inspiration for her bright and colourful pieces comes from her love of nature and gardening and how changing light and seasons affects the look of her pieces.
gill@gill-chesnutt.co.uk | gill-chesnutt.co.uk
8 JOE WALKER
Joe is a retired steelworker who upcycles scrap metal objects – in previous years he has used old bicycle parts to fashion flowers, and discarded garden tools to create birds, plants and fungi. He’s always had an interest in gardening and creating art, so decided to combine the two to produce unusual and unique pieces of sculpture.
joewalkered@yahoo.com
9 RAYMOND DOUGLAS
Established in the year 2000 Raymond’s blacksmith forge produces bespoke metalwork for the home and garden – pieces include railings, pond covers, and beautiful sculptures as shown here.
www.douglas-blacksmith.co.uk | hammertobits@btinternet.com
10 JAMES SNOW
James describes himself as a scrap iron artist, a retired metal worker who has turned his skills to creating pieces of art using discarded scrap metal inspired by nature.
Scrap Iron Art - 07719 951914
11 CHRISTINA BRUCE – CELADONIA CERAMICS
During July and August Christina will be our ‘Artist-in -Residence’ for Art in the Garden creating masterpieces live at the garden centre every Sat - Wed throughout the event. Originally from Cyprus, she is a self-taught ceramicist whose work centres on functional forms and high end, homemade glazes. Some of her beautiful pottery is for sale in the gift shop too.
celadoniaceramics.co.uk |celadoniaceramics@gmail.com
Exhibits from previous years...
