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Pomona - Charleston Gardens.

Pomona statue, constructed from concrete by Quentin Bell in 1954, stands at the end of orchard path at Charleston, the garden created by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant in Sussex, England. The apples in the basket on her head are made from glazed terracotta. 

Quentin Bell, Vanessa's son and sculptor, recalls the orchard when he was a young boy:

"In the orchard all attempts to maintain respectability had been abandoned; nettles and rank grass grew high around the fruit trees. One of these grew the most delicious little round pears; from another we used to pick lovely little red apples called quarantines. But it was nearly a wilderness."(p.126)

  

Photos:
Charleston Gardens, TravelinaGarden, August 2016


Further reading:
Charleston a Bloomsbury house & garden,
Quentin Bell & Virginia Nicholson
London, Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers, 1997

Still life with apples in a bowl, Vanessa Bell, ca 1919

Lessons in the Orchard, Duncan Grant, 1917