After arriving in Australia from South Africa in 1982, a search for a property with the potential to become a sculpture garden brought Anna Pye to Laggan in 2001.
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Ms Anna Pye saw the property which was to become Willow Tree Sculpture Garden online and fell in love with it. Previously the property was the presbytery of the Laggan Catholic Church.
It took eight years, two landscapers and a lot of hard work by a variety of different people before the sculpture garden became a reality. In 2016 the dream was realised with the inaugural sculpture exhibition.
Speaking at the May meeting of Crookwell VIEW Club, Ms Pye and her partner Rachel Mayne described the many ups and downs of the garden’s development. The opening exhibition was well supported with contributions from three local schools as well as other artists. Over one-thousand people visited the garden to view the eighty-five works on display.
Ms Pye commented that she noticed that the garden itself loved to be admired and seemed to “sing” throughout the opening exhibition.
The garden offers a range of mediums so that people can experience a wide variety of art. Generating a feeling of belonging for others to participate is important to her. Artisan based, the garden is open every third Saturday to coincide with the Laggan markets.
The Crookwell View Club meets monthly and has a guest speaker for those dinner meetings. VIEW is for Views, Interest and Education of Women
There are 35 members who support the Smith Family’s learning for life program and sponsor two local children with their educational expenses. They meet the fourth Tuesday of every month.
