Interview - Siân Davey: The Garden

Interview with photographer Siân Davey talking about The Garden - works from the project are currently showing in a free outdoor exhibition in the Soho Photography Quarter just outside The Photographers’ Gallery.
"Everyone has a place in our garden" - Siân Davey.
Starting in 2020, British photographer Siân Davey transformed her abandoned garden over three summers into a vibrant space, filled with wildflowers, birdsong and people.
Together with her son, Luke, Davey cultivated a space rooted in love. They researched native flowers and encouraged biodiversity, sourcing seeds and plants locally. When the flowers bloomed, they called in the community. Everyone had a place in The Garden; the mothers and daughters, the lonely, the marginalised, lovers, the traumatised and heartbroken and those that had concealed a lifetime of shame. The space became an expression of yearning, defiance, joy and interconnectedness.
Soho Photography Quarter (SPQ) is an outdoor cultural space for all to enjoy just outside The Photographers' Gallery. Open-air exhibitions and other events bring you the very best of contemporary photography, for free, all year round.