Lost Gardens by Amy Jones
Lost Gardens by Amy Jones
- Opening Event: Saturday 1 November, 3-5pm. RSVP here
- Exhibition dates: 31 October - 16 November 2025 (open Thurs-Sun, 11am-4pm)
- Closing event: Sunday 16 November, 2-4pm
Public Programs:
- Quiet hours: Friday mornings 10-11am (no music, minimal talking)
- Free drop in and stich sessions: Thursdays and Fridays
- Embroidery workshop: Sat 8 November 9am-12pm and Wed 12 November 10am-1pm. Book via Class Bento
- Renewable textiles workshop: Wed 5 November 10am-2pm. Book via Class Bento
Image credit: Amy Jones, Terrarium with polka dot plants, 2025 (detail). Cotton, silk and wool on linen, 40x40cm
Lost Gardens is an exploration of the way that the passing of time is embedded within the landscape. A once well-loved garden becomes redundant and overgrown, reclaimed by the natural world. Each hand stitched and painted piece recalls memories of gardens that have existed and have disappeared or decayed. A garden requires regular human intervention to maintain it and prevent its decay. By their very nature, gardens are cyclical and ever changing. A deliberately planned, yet transient space.
The Lost Gardens series explores spaces that were planted and nurtured, but over time have disappeared, either by neglect or design. It explores the way that both our collective and personal memories of these spaces connect us.
Amy Jones
Amy Jones’ work is based on botanical references, both abstract and figurative. She seeks to explore the notion of memory and change over time, creating dreamlike, abstracted gardens. Amy works primarily in textiles, using a mixture of new and recycled materials. Jones’ current series “Lost Gardens”, is an exploration of the way that the passing of time is embedded within the landscape, and how our relationship to the natural world can connect us with our history.
Jones has exhibited throughout Australia, is a regular host of Sydney Craft week events in the inner west, and teaches textile art workshops throughout Sydney. This is her sixth solo exhibition. In 2025, Amy won the Embroiderers’ Guild of NSW Australian Fibre Art Award for her artwork “Under the Camelias at Lord Street”.