Emma Clark (garden designer) explained

Emma Clark
Nationality:British
Known For:Islamic garden designer
Notable Works:"Carpet Garden" at Highgrove House, garden at Cambridge Central Mosque

Emma Clark is a British garden designer, historian, and author.[1] She specialises in designing Islamic gardens.

Life

Clark is the great-granddaughter of the former British prime minister, Herbert Asquith.[2] She developed an interest in Islamic gardens while studying under Keith Critchlow at the Royal College of Art in London.[3] She is a convert to Islam.[4]

Clark designed the "Carpet Garden," inspired by two Turkish carpets at Highgrove House, with Charles, Prince of Wales, and Mike Miller for the Highgrove gardens.[5] [6]

She was approached by Muslim scholar Timothy Winter to design the Islamic gardens at the Cambridge Central Mosque, Europe's first eco-friendly mosque.[7] [8] The garden was inspired by the Quranic depiction of heaven.[9] [10]

Clark is also an instructor at The Prince's School of Traditional Arts.[11]

Publications

References

  1. Book: Bratton, Susan Power . Religion and the Environment: An Introduction . 2020-12-30 . Routledge . 978-1-351-33433-4.
  2. Book: Jawad, Haifaa A. . Towards Building a British Islam: New Muslims' Perspectives . 2011-12-08 . A&C Black . 978-1-4411-7277-8.
  3. Web site: 'A balm for the soul': How we made the Cambridge mosque garden . 2022-05-31 . Middle East Eye.
  4. Book: Abidin, Danial Zainal . Islam the Misunderstood Religion . 2007 . PTS Millennia . 978-983-3604-80-7.
  5. Book: Harrison, Robert Pogue . Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition . 2008-11-15 . University of Chicago Press . 978-0-226-31786-1.
  6. Book: (Prince of Wales) . Charles . The Elements of Organic Gardening: Highgrove, Clarence House, Birkhall . Donaldson . Stephanie . 2007 . Kales Press . 978-0-9670076-9-4.
  7. Web site: Cambridge Central Mosque: the tranquil garden of Europe's first eco mosque . 2022-05-31 . Gardens Illustrated.
  8. Web site: Inside Europe's first eco-mosque . 2022-06-01 . stories.clare.cam.ac.uk . en.
  9. Web site: 2019-03-17 . Inside Cambridge's new £23m mosque: a forest runs through it . 2022-05-31 . the Guardian.
  10. Web site: 'Substance and Sustenance' . 2022-05-31 . Faith & Form.
  11. Web site: Our Team . 2022-05-31 . The Prince's Foundation.

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