Drops of Spring photography exhibition

Submitted by Suesarts on January 31, 2025 - 18:40

Venue, Timing and Cost

Venue: 
The Heseltine Gallery
Date(s): 
Saturday, 1 February 2025 to Friday, 28 March 2025
Timing: 
10am - 4pm
Cost: 
Free
Snowdrop with raindrops by Nicholas Posner

DROPS OF SPRING, Photographs of Thenford Arboretum and Gardens by Nicholas Posner will be at the Heseltine Gallery, Middleton Cheney, near Banbury from 1 February until 28 March 2025. Opening hours are from 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, with special weekend openings in early and mid February.

A chance encounter with Lord Heseltine at his home near Banbury has led to what Oxford-based photographer, Nicholas Posner, calls ‘the greatest photographic project of my life’ and an exhibition at the Heseltine Gallery in Middleton Cheney. The impromptu meeting took place when Nicholas Posner was visiting Thenford Arboretum and Gardens in the summer of 2023. A conversation about photography led to Lord Heseltine asking if Nicholas was up to the task of creating a detailed photographic record of the gardens, containing more than 3,500 trees and shrubs and a nationally important snowdrop collection. Nicholas accepted the challenge and has spent more than 100 hours over the past year photographing the gardens across the seasons.

DROPS OF SPRING features 84 exceptional photographs, selected by Nicholas to show the gardens in all their diversity and beauty. The exhibition focuses in particular on the Thenford snowdrop collection, which has National Plant Collection status and each year attracts hundreds of galanthophiles (snowdrop enthusiasts) for special snowdrop walks.

Nicholas Posner lives in Oxford and is currently photographer to the High Sheriff of Oxfordshire. He started taking photographs as a teenager and is best known for his portraits of political leaders and celebrities, many of which are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.

Further Information

Contact Details: 

Heseltine Gallery is located at Chenderit School, Archery Road, Middleton Cheney, Banbury OX17 2QR.
Further information on www.theheseltinegallery.org.uk and social media, or email friends@theheseltinegallery.org.uk

Exhibition
Visual Arts

Adults