Archived Projects

Jun 2006 to Sep 2007

Golspie, Highland

A Highlands Community Garden

In the village of Golspie, artist Nigel Mullan worked with local school and community groups towards the creation of specially designed features for the community garden. As an artist, Nigel was in a position to influence both the process and outcomes of the garden features, raising awareness of the working practices of a contemporary artist.

Tagged as: Highlands Nigel Mullan community environmental garden rural

Oct 2001 to Sep 2002

Pollokshields, Glasgow City

Hidden Gardens

Located in the centre of Glasgow The Hidden Gardens is a place of sanctuary dedicated to peace. It has been achieved through an artist-led programme of regeneration involving collaboration with environmnental arts charity organisation, landscape architects, an international team of architects and the local community.

Within this public space artworks are integrated into the overall garden design combined with landscaping and planting.

The entire project is significant in its attention to community consultation, cultural diversity and inclusion. The impact of such considerations can be seen in the smallest of details. For example, in some areas of planting there is a mixture of Asian and Celtic flowers, trees and shrubs.

Tagged as: Alec Hamilton Finlay Angus Farquhar Collaborative Divya Bhatia Gerry Loose Glasgow Julie Brook Regeneration Stephen Skrynka garden

Dec 2001 to Jan 2002

Blochairn, Glasgow City

Artist-Designed Public Garden, Blochairn

The aim of this project was to create an artist-designed public garden within a new housing development in Blochairn, Glasgow. It was thought that the garden could be a positive and social space becoming an attractive focal point for the community. The intention was a collaboration between the Housing Co-Operative, the architects and an artist, with public art agency, Visual Art Projects (VAP) leading the project development.

Despite a successful funding application to the SAC the project did not take place but remains an attractive idea for development at a later time. What is described here are the intentions of the original application.

Tagged as: Glasgow garden not realised

Aug 2001 to Mar 2002

Pitlochry, Perth & Kinross

Plant Collector's Garden - an artist's study

Ginkgo Design was appointed to undertake a feasibility study to investigate the potential for working with artists within the Scottish Plant Collectors Garden in Pitlochry. The study specified the appointment of two artists in the belief that a practice-led development was the best way to progress the project. One artist was appointed in a research & development role. The second artist was appointed to respond to the arts strategy and pilot a piece of work for the Garden.

The report produced by Ginkgo outlined various strategies that could combine to form a long term programme, including and International Visual Art Fellowship, Pitlochry Residency and the appointment of a curator.

Tagged as: Commission Plan Henna Asikainen Julia Barton Louise Crawford Perth & Kinross garden

Sep 2003 to Feb 2004

Dykebar Hospital, Paisley, Renfrewshire

Finding Space

Following on from a successful development phase in 2002, this NHS Trust worked with the consultancy Gingko Projects to implement two distinct aspects of their Commission Plan. Based on collaboration with artists, scientists and the hospital Environment Development Group, two interventions were designed to promote orientation within the hospital and to encourage the concept of the environment as a therapuetic space. The collaborations became known as the “Finding Space” project concluding with an artist-designed therapeutic public garden and an artist-intervention into a public corridor space using glass, timber and site-specific artworks.

Tagged as: Art in Healthcare Donald Urquhart Jane Kelly Renfrewshire garden hospital

Mar 1999 to Sep 1999

Possilpark, Glasgow City

The St Matthew's Centre

The St Matthews Centre is based in the Possilpark area of Glasgow where this project redeveloped the exterior landscape of the centre. Before March 1999 this outside area was in a state of semi-dereliction and decay. Artists were involved in the planning and realisation of key parts of this redevelopment. The artists worked with with the local community and architects to create a well-used community space. This space includes a contemplative seating area, a garden, an artist-designed feature wall, gate, railings and fountain.

Tagged as: Calum Sinclair Glasgow Mary Doyle Regeneration community garden

Apr 1997 to Oct 1997

Castelpark, Dunbar, East Lothian

Dunbar Pool Sculpture Commission

Fife artist David Annand created the sculpture, “Girl and the Swan”. Resting on stone and standing over nine feet in height, the figurative sculpture intends to reference the sea and the harbour, depicting humanity and the vulnerability of nature. The statue is sited in a landscaped public space between the Leisure Pool and Lauderdale House.

The funding of this particular proposal is the result of successfully addressing key issues raised by the Lottery Committee in response to a previously refused application.

Tagged as: David Annand East Lothian garden