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Thresholds and Prospects The Secret Garden Fragments and Inscriptions
Thresholds and Prospects: Spencer Gore, The Fig Tree, 1912 The Secret Garden: Arthur Hughes, April Love, 1855-6 Fragments and Inscriptions: William Nicholson, Miss Jekyll's Gardening Boots, 1920
 
Coloured Grounds Representing and Intervening
Coloured Grounds: John Singer Sargent, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, 1885-6 Representing and Intervening: Marc Quinn, Italian Landscape (Z), 2000
   
The exhibition is divided into five sections, each of which is introduced through one or two highlighted works.

Each section explores an aspect of the myriad ways in which artists have responded to the garden in Britain, visually, emotionally, intellectually and aesthetically.