The Governors of the Hospitalfield Trust, in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh, will be presenting a special film screening at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 10 September (5:30–7:30 pm) to celebrate the recent award of the 34th International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens. The event is sponsored by Lloyd Melville MSP.
Awarded by an international committee brought together by the Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche in Treviso, the prize combines a 60-minute documentary film and the publication of a significant book on Hospitalfield. Each year, the Scientific Committee selects a place featuring unique characteristics that prompt essential considerations for landscape care. The purpose of the Prize is to enhance and propagate the culture of “stewardship of the landscape” and “care of places”—offering a crucial instrument to better understand the intellectual and manual skills required to manage, safeguard, and communicate our changing natural and historical heritage.
Located in Arbroath, Hospitalfield Arts is one of Scotland’s most significant Arts & Crafts legacy projects, created by visionary artist, philanthropist, teacher, and polymath Patrick Allan Fraser (1813–1890). Fraser established Hospitalfield as a sanctuary for artists and creative learning. Today, its residency programmes give time and space to artists from Scotland and beyond, while its public programmes engage deeply with the local community.
In recent years, the Trust has completed two transformative capital investment phases led by Caruso St John Architects, with landscape design by the late Nigel Dunnett, who is much missed. Now a flourishing cultural destination attracting thousands of visitors to the region annually, Hospitalfield’s vision for the future, cultural stewardship, and dedication to heritage have been generously recognized through this prestigious international award.
By invitation only.