The Hidden Gardens
Peace garden on old tram works land, with a Victorian chimney, wildflower meadow and carved poems.
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This guide to The Hidden Gardens in Glasgow starts at the old brick chimney behind Tramway, with a question about why it stands in a garden built for rest. It reaches back to a Victorian tree nursery, to the engineer William Clark and the horses stabled for the Coplawhill tram works, and to the neighbours the arts company NVA spent eighteen months talking with. Best heard standing near the chimney, within reach of its base.
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