For further information on this interesting project please see the public leaflet (MS WORD leaflet)
This project produced an exhibition in June 2007 called 'Imagining the garden' (see exhibition leaflet and programme from final day)
Writing everyday landscapes
Full title:
Writing the landscape of everyday life: lay narratives of the home garden
Duration: Launched
1 September 2006, Duration: 12 months
Principle Investigator:
Professor A Church
Higher Education Institution:
University of Brighton
Contact information: Tel:
++ 44 (0)1273-642374
or email: A.Church@brighton.ac.uk
Aims and Objectives
Britain is often portrayed as 'a nation of gardeners' ; indeed recent surveys indicate that in the summer months two-thirds of adults are regular gardeners, with women being more intensely involved than men. In rural and urban areas gardens attached to dwellings are a significant, 'everyday' element in a range of landscapes, spaces and terrains. This project seeks to gather, analyse and present lay narratives on domestic gardens and gardening from the Mass Observation Archive based at the University of Sussex .
For more details please go to the project summary document 
Progress and Highlights
Public and academic dissemination took place from late June to mid-September 2007 as follows:
•June 2007 - Imagining the Garden - an exhibition of photos and graphic material from the MOA at the central public library in Brighton , the Jubilee Library. The exhibition was jointly curated by the research fellow and a Brighton-based photographer, Beatrice Haverich. Nearly 300 people of all ages, and almost entirely made up of members of the public, attended the event.
•August 2007 - Three conference sessions at IBG run by University of Exeter as part of the Landscape and Environment seminar series.
Various conference and seminar papers were given by team members focusing on different elements of the project. These conference papers will form the basis of papers to be submitted to refereed journals including eg: Cultural Geographies; Transactions of the IBG; Social and Cultural Geography; Gender Place and Culture; Theory Culture Society; New Formations .
