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contrasts so beautifully with the architecture of the house yet make their way up the estate’s single-track roads on flatbed
blends with the beauty of the natural forms in the garden. I trucks. Tober sources the plinths separately, and oversees the
find his work unique and individual.” final delicate operation of putting it all together in the spot he
And size matters. The smallest sculpture at Lathrisk is has chosen.
just under 1m tall, the largest nearly 2.5m. Plinths raise them Today these gardens are more than a wonderful space
up even further. In Gwisa, Tober has clearly found an artist for the Reilly family to enjoy. They are the shop window for
whose pieces are not overwhelmed by a vast formal garden Tober’s new business, Sculpture Scotland. He is convinced
and imposing house. “There is no point in being half-hearted that he is not the only person with a sizeable garden that’s just
and choosing a work that will be lost in shrubbery or borders. crying out for a statement piece of Zimbabwean springstone.
Light is also hugely important – how the surfaces reflect the “Creating a garden of sculpture and a new business is
natural light throughout the day and take on the colours of the about making my return to this house lasting and permanent,”
shrubbery and herbaceous plants in flower around them.” he says. “I am doing something I love, somewhere I love.”
Getting such enormous pieces safely from Zimbabwe to Lathrisk garden is open to the public by appointment and on some
rural Fife has not been easy. They come by container ship, then open days.

[Below] The borders are ablaze
with colour for large parts of
the year thanks to a splendid
collection of rhododendrons,
azaleas and magnolias

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