Ghosts in the Gardens 2023

Ghosts in the Gardens was an event first held two years ago. The ghosts are reflective mesh figures, and originally they were placed in various gardens around the city centre, particularly in the Museum Gardens, and were on display for several weeks.

This year the range of locations has expanded, and not all of them are gardens. This archer was on the battlements of Cliffords Tower. He had only just been put back on display after a very windy day. It was quite entertaining to watch two women getting him up a spiral staircase and then back into place by the battlements.

There are 39 ghosts to find this year, with a list of ghosts available, and a map showing the locations, though there is no information about how many ghosts can be found in each location, which makes it more of a challenge than last year, when at least you knew how many you were looking for in each location.

If you search the tag 'ghosts in the gardens' you will find quite a few shots from 2021 & 2022 that we have previously posted.

I'm sure we will be posting more shots from this year's display, when we have had time to find them - we have until early November to find them all!

Ian

[Casablanca]

Fascinating sculpture. Must be fun trying to find them all.

[Judith Johnson]

A very interesting sculpture, looks you'll have a busy time, finding all 39!

[Bill Davidson]

A great idea.

[Oli Lindenskov]

Great shot👍😊

[carol white]

A super ghost and capture.Fav😊

[Pammy Joy]

That is fab

[Joan Robillard]

Cool

[Margaret Brown]

Super sculpture so interesting

[Cordiander]

Great idea! I'm looking forward to more pictures :)

[Monica]

Cool!

[gloria jones]

Nice shot of this artwork

[Pyrrhula]

Great capture of this nice art statue against a beautiful sky. Fav,
( Ina send her love and thanks. Same wishes in return,)

[Dorothy]

Looks and sounds like a fascinating event!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Fantastic ghost

[Boxplayer]

What an interesting thing

[Kathy A]

Fabulous! I remember past ones that you posted

[Dione Giorgio]

Fav. Fabulous mash wire creation. He looks very natural. I remember last year's pictures that you posted.

[Jo Worboys]

I rather like this one

[Fisher Family]

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Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

Still quite a way to go to find the rest of the ghosts, though I did find two more today as I passed through the city centre where I changed buses. We are concentrating particularly on new ghosts for this year, rather than ones which were displayed in previous years. Hopefully we will share more of what we find sometime late next week.

Ian

[Jesika]

Had coffee in Merchant Adventurers' garden this morning, where the Chimney Sweep stands with his brushes on his shoulder.

[Fisher Family]

@jesika2

I think they are great fun. There were two more in the Merchant Adventurers' garden, closer to the river - a lady merchant and a fisherman.

Ian

[Vesna]

This ghost can be dangerous!

[Fisher Family]

@vesna0210

I took care to make sure he wasn't pointing the arrow at me!

Ian