In this artist talk, Eamonn Ó Hairtnéada will explore his craft practice of weaving, garden design and rural queer land practices in southwest England through the framework of his recent garden design commission and artistic project called The Interwoven Garden.
The Interwoven Garden is a semi-public garden created for the exhibition space Woonhuis / De Ateliers in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The project draws on Dutch, Irish, and Persian craft traditions, bringing together techniques such as willow weaving and ceramic tile-making.
Encased within a woven boundary or “tuun,” the Dutch word for enclosure or garden, the work reflects on ideas of borders and containment. It takes inspiration from European hedgelaying, the hortus conclusus, and the walled Persian paradise gardens.
About the host:
Éamonn Ó Hairtnéada is an Irish/Dutch multidisciplinary visual artist, garden designer, landworker and craftsmaker based in Devonshire, England. He explores the tensions between rurality and urbaness, labour intensive craft practices and visual arts; attempting to soften the edges of where creativity begins and ends in post capitalist production. Using the materiality and metaphors of weaving to explore holistic, regenerative and ecological narratives. He studied an MA in Regenerative Economics at Schumacher College. He co-hosts Hedging with Faggots and Friends hedgelaying courses and has recently designed a public garden; The Interwoven Garden at De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
About OmVed Gardens:
OmVed Gardens is a garden, exhibition, events, and learning space in North London dedicated to exploring the connections between food, ecology and creativity for health and climate resilience. We are on a mission to inspire ecological awareness and action, and deepen our understanding of interconnectedness with the natural world.
As a registered Community Interest Company, all our activities prioritise social and ecological objectives. Whether collaborating with chefs, creatives, gardeners, or schools, OmVed Gardens is a hub for education, connection, and action. We aim to inspire individuals and communities to reimagine their role in building a healthier, more resilient world.
We work to increase biodiversity - of species, seeds, food systems, and participation, through regenerative gardening, seed saving, habitat creation, and ecological education. Our space serves as a living example of how urban areas can be transformed into thriving ecosystems that support both human and non-human communities.
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