Jupiter Artland |
The five children from 2 to 10 delighted in walking around the 100-acre estate on gloriously confusing trails through forests, fields, art installations and with several water features to fall into. The estate was inhabited by peacocks, pigs, donkeys, and llamas. The Jencks landscape features were an open invitation to climb and explore. There is a grotto of amethyst crystals capped by obsidian, a ballroom in the Jacobean House that is filled with popcorn that the children can play in and some VW Golf and Tiguan chassis painted black but with wood burning stoves replacing the engines. What it all meant was unimportant but it did stretch our imagination.
Adults delighted in happy children and to keep them going we had an illicit picnic on the boardwalk by the pond that allowed us to watch the coots feed their young just as we fed our young. The original mansion has a collection of older outbuildings that have been converted and augmented by a collection of modern sheds and buildings that provide a quirkiness and charm. This was art for all ages. We spent 5 hours there and left with the firm intention of returning.
The resident customer to the outdoor cafe |
Last year's cafe |
This year's cafe |
Gun Amnesty |
Jencks landscape features |
The pond |
Climbing in the Stone coppice |
Grotto of Amethyst crystals |
The Jencks earthworks |
Swimming in Popcorn |
Wood burning VW Tiguan |
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