Thursday, June 19, 2014

Lettsom Estate Community Gardening Day


Potato printing. Poster making for Lettsom Estate Gardening Day. My project for Camberwell Art Festival's Lucky Dip

Lucky Dip is an open art competition that takes place out in the open. 20 shortlisted artists have been randomly allocated a public space in Camberwell through a lucky dip process. I was allocated The Lettsom Estate as part of Camberwell Arts Festival 20th Anniversary Lucky Dip

The Lettsom Estate was built in the early 1970s on land formerly owned by John Coakley Lettsom. As part of the Lucky Dip for Camberwell Arts Fesival on Sunday the 15th June I organised a community gardening day on the Estate.

As the estate itself is built on the ground formerly owned by the philanthropist and herbalist John Coakly Lettsom the plan was to tie in Letsom's love of naturalism by making a small garden around the playground in the middle of Letsome estate, next to the estate office.

For the 20th anniversary of Camberwell Arts Festival it was my aim to leave something behind as a reminder of a day enjoyed by the tenants and residents of Lettsom Estate and something that can be enjoyed after the festival has finished too.

The garden was planted on Saturday 15th of June and the Lucky Dip art trail runs until the 22nd June 2014. As my project is a garden it will be there as a permanent reminder of the Gardening Day. If you do visit please do water the plants.

Here is the address of the garden:
Lettsom Estate
Playground next to the estate office
Camberwell
London, SE5 8PH
map

Here are some more images from my Lucky Dip project

Lettsom Estate Playground
Potatoes prepped for printing the Lettsom Estate Gardening Day posters
Potato printing. Poster making for Lettsom Estate Gardening Day. My project for Camberwell Art Festival's Lucky Dip
One of the Lettsom Estate Gardening Day posters
June 8th Cleared all the glass and plastic from the soil round the playground in preparation for the Gardening Day next Sunday
June 8th Treasures found while clearing the playground in preparation for the gardening day next Sunday
June 14th Plant labels ready for Lettsom Estate Gardening Day tomorrow part of Camberwell Arts Festival
June 15th Some of the plants waiting to go in today at Lettsom Estate for Camberwell Arts Week Lucky Dip
June 15th Some of the fruits of our labour today at Lettsom Estate Gardening Day for Camberwell Arts Festival
June 15th Some of the fruits of our labour today at Lettsom Estate Gardening Day for Camberwell Arts Festival
June 15th Some of the fruits of our labour today at Lettsom Estate Gardening Day for Camberwell Arts Festival
June 15th Some of the fruits of our labour today at Lettsom Estate Gardening Day for Camberwell Arts Festival