Opening details for 2010

During 2008, One House Nursery Garden celebrated Cheshire's Year of Gardens 08 with a Sculpture & Environmental Art Trail. In May, 20 talented artists from around the country showcased their work in a fabulous garden or countryside setting covering 7.5 acres. Media included metal, wood, stone, glass and willow. The event was a great success.

The garden will host another sculpture trail from May 8th to May 23rd, 2010, 10 am to 5 pm daily. Please note that this will be the only time the nursery & garden will be open this year. The Charity opening for the National Garden Scheme will be Sunday May 9th. Admission £3 adults, school-age children free. Teas & home made cake available. Felt maker Claire de Ruiter will be One House Nursery Garden's 'artist in residence' for each weekend of the opening.

Participating artists in this year's event include:-

	Crafts From The Dungeon. Cheshire artist Beryl Weir works with glass and wool to create a variety of decorative objects. Visit her website at Crafts from the Dungeon
	Iron Vein. Bespoke metal work sculpture and furniture. Inspirational and contemplative pieces, designed and made by Viki Govan and Richard Warner. Visit their website at Iron Vein
	Katie Green. An artist who specialises in two dimensional glass mosaic sculptures. Especially designed for outdoor spaces, particularly gardens. Visit her website at Katie Green's Mosaic Sculptures
	CC Rustics. A small, specialist workshop owned by Jack Challenger, creating imposing and substantial pieces of garden furniture. Visit their website at CC Rustics
	Judy Greaves. A sculptor who works with a variety of stone to produce pieces based on natural forms, often the human body. Visit her website at Judy Greaves Sculptor
	Paul Anderson. A photographer based near York Paul's work covers a variety of themes, from landscapes and portraits to humour and abstract. View more of his work at Paul Anderson Photograph Archive
	David Freedman . An artist blacksmith working from Mill Forge near Nantwich to produce garden sculpture as well as traditional forgework such as gates, weathervanes and seating. Visit his website at David Freedman Sculpture
	Claire de Ruiter. A local visual artist & feltmaker who will be demonstrating felt making & constructing (with your help) a unique 'dry stone wall' in her favourite medium. Contact details: 01625 574389 or visit her website www.clairederuiter.co.uk
	Sara Machej. A Derby artist who casts sculptures which bring into focus those often unseen elements of the landscape such as coral, fossils, bones, fungus, seeds & pods.
	Carol Mansell creates large scale stainless steel sculptures with an organic structure & a delicate feel. Her work begins with carefully drawn studies of a particular plant, focussing in on which part interests her. She does not try to imitate nature, but to abstract the essence of each element.
	Bill Sowerbutts is a geologist turned sculptor. He produces tactile hand-carved sculptures in Staffordshire sandstone as well as individual sculptural plant supports in rusty steel.
	Lisa Freeman . A stained glass artist who creates unique and beautiful pieces using traditional and modern techniques. Visit her website at Lisa Freeman's Stained Glass
	Jan Fox . From her Cheshire workshop designs and makes individual, hand built decorative garden ceramics. Her work is influenced by architecture, geology and archaeology. Visit her website at Jan Fox Ceramics
	Sonja Moss-Delega is a German artist, currently based in Cheshire, who crafts mixed-material earthenware and stoneware to create figurative works to adorn interiors and the garden. View more of her work at Sonja Moss-Dolega
	Second Nature Art is a Cheshire based creative partnership between graphic designer Ian Turnock and fine artist Sue Laughton. They design and create comtemporay wall and garden sculpture inspired by the wild yet decorative aspects of nature. Visit their website at Second Nature Art
	Jude Heaton is a metal sculptor and illustrative artist who creates structural steel sculptures from her own small workshop. Visit her website at Jude Heaton
	Angela Sidwell is an Cheshire artist and sculptor who makes sculptures that respond to the environment and its history ,working predominately in wood, textiles and natural materials. Visit her website at Angela Sidwell
	Christine Emck is a figurative sculptor. Her studio lies at the edge of the Peak District. She works in a variety of media, including bronze, resin bronze ,plaster and ceramic. Contact her at Christine Emck
	Pete Middleton is a local woodcarver who works with native hardwood trees to produce stunning images in wood.

Other participants included are Liverpool stained glass artists Pete & Sue Jacques, scarecrow maker Andrew de Ruiter,worker in willow and wood Pete Woolam, creative metal worker Roger Davies and artist and teacher David Broadhurst. Work produced by the pupils of Rainow Pre-school and Rainow County Primary School will also be on exhibit.

For pictures of the 2008 sculpture trail, please click on the Sculptures tab