We met under the trees on Friday 5th April, 2019 at 7pm and talked about the future of the project and the gardens, marked the date, ate blossom cake and samosas. As the sun went down Frank took a photo and made a film.
The extraordinarily warm winter led to the blossom emerging far earlier, before they had even set up a process of observation. And the horrific circumstances of the terror incident in Christchurch, New Zealand, where Facebook was used to livestream the killing online, soured any thought of an innocent use of remote cameras in public space, particularly called Christ Church.
A few visits to the garden were recorded in Frank Abbott’s garden diaries.