Strange Garden invites you into the imaginative world of artist Eliza-Jane Gilchrist, where the humble material of cardboard is transformed into an extraordinary botanical landscape.

Inspired by close observation of forms in nature such as seed pods, cones, flowers, buds and foliage, Gilchrist celebrates the beauty found in small details and imperfections. Fold marks, creases and bumps become part of each sculpture's unique character, creating a garden that is both familiar and wonderfully strange. Combining intricately hand-cut layers, constructed forms and drawn detail, Gilchrist's sculptures give the cardboard a second life, believing that it has a cellular memory and that it remembers being a plant.

Visitors are invited to become part of the exhibition by creating their own cardboard forms to add to a growing community garden. As the exhibition unfolds, this collaborative installation will evolve into a shared landscape shaped by many hands and imaginations.

Accessibility

Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.