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A tall floral column, which includes foxgloves, lilies and other plants, surrounded by a large 'skirt' of leaves. The sculpture stands on a circular sloping stone base, around which is a steel plate inscribed with lines from Kipling's poem 'Glory of the Garden'. An outer circle of metal plaques shows the names of 16 people presumably connected with the re-development.

Title

Glory of the Garden

Date

1994

Medium

mild steel & brick

Measurements

H 295 x W 100 x D (?) cm

Accession number

OL6_JD_S042

Acquisition method

commissioned by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council with financial assistance by MAB (UK) Ltd

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Custodian

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

1st March 1994

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on sculpture: GLORY OF THE GARDEN / BY / PAUL MARGETTS / 1. 3. 94; on circular steel plate: Rudyard Kipling / So when your work is finished you can wash your hands and pray for the Glory of the Garden that it may not pass away and the Glory of the Garden shall never pass away; outer circle of metal plaques: (names and titles of local people involved in redevelopment)

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