Seeds of Hope was an interdisciplinary and innovative response to the centenary of the end of World War I.

June – September 2018

Produced by the creative team Lord Whitney in collaboration with Harewood House Trust, the project took a participatory, immersive and multi-sensory approach to create an installation in Harewood’s Bothy and Walled Garden, exploring the idea of gardens as symbols of self-sufficiency, resilience, healing against the background of World War I.

The result was a work of creative imagination rooted in historical research, expressed through the eyes of a young gardener and revealed through a multi-layered ‘discovery led’ interpretation.

Using plants, animals, sounds, smells, set design and props, Seeds of Hope encouraged visitors to ‘step back in time’ to 1918.