watch, originally uploaded by the rea garden.

surveillance in the garden

code, originally uploaded by the rea garden.

more hidden messages

hey! listen to me, Anne, tonight (wednesday 29th July) on rhubarbradio.com with Leon Trimble discussing my part in the Unnatural Selection Project in The Rea Garden, Floodgate Street, Digbeth

emerge, originally uploaded by the rea garden.

blank canvas not what it seems

nailed, originally uploaded by the rea garden.

we are being watched

blank canvas no.1 , originally uploaded by the rea garden.

we are all blank canvases…aren’t we?

The workshop on 1st August will run on an ongoing rolling basis so turn up at any time between 12 and 3pm. To give us some idea of numbers please book a place by emailing your name to midlandcity@blueyonder.co.uk with ‘Workshop’ in the subject line. Thank you and look forward to seeing you there!!

Heather Goodchild will be hosting an
envronmental gardening workhop in the space from 12 - 3 on 1st August and
she will be showing visitors how to create habitats for bumble bees and
lacewings from natural materials. She will also be giving advice on plants
that encourage wildlife into your garden, giving a planting demonstration
and giving away plants. There will be free leaflets and posters as well.

From Digbeth watesland to darwin-inspired arts space

Two artists from Birmingham are part of an unusual project which has transformed a Digbeth waste-ground into a darwin-inspired exhibition space.

In the wake of the revered scientist’s bicentenary, Helen Grundy and Anne Guest are set to launch Unnatural Selection on 30th July at the Rea garden in Floodgate Street.  The project is supported by Arts Council funding and the artists’ collective Behind Closed Doors.

Unnatural Selection aims to replicate Darwin’s methods of using his garden as a laboratory to observe nature, collect samples and carry out experiments. 

There is a related workshop on saturday 1st August from 12-3pm. More information will be posted soon.

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