One garden. Three ways in.

Room for
what matters.

We work with people, places and moments of change, through creative consultancy, personal ceremonies and artistic practice.

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Place, change and the lives we make along the way.
An imagined coastal path with autumn grasses and the Cornish sea beyond; a temporary image for the prototype.
A coastal study · temporary image
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A landscape, a familiar path, a detail you notice.

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A shared home.
Different ways to begin.

Think of a walled garden: connected spaces, each with its own character. Follow the part of my work that brings you here.

Creative Industries & Education consultancy

Joanna Hartle FRSA

For creative organisations, cultural projects and educators. A fresh perspective on what you’re working on, and help to find the next steps.

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Personal ceremonies & life’s turning points

Celebrancy

For the moments you want to acknowledge. A ceremony shaped around your people, your story and the change you want to mark.

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Not sure where to begin?

Choose what feels closest. Your idea can cross between the strands.

A thread through it all

Different paths.
Shared ground.

Place, change and life journeys run through everything I do. Choose a thread to see how it takes a different form in each part of the garden.

What makes a place matter?

A place is more than a setting. It holds relationships, memories and possibilities.

Consultancy

Listen to a community and connect cultural plans with the place they serve.

naturespacecreative

Notice the details of a landscape and explore how they shape memory and belonging.

Celebrancy

Choose a setting that means something to the people gathering there.

From my creative practice

A journey,
made together.

Camino was a sand and cockleshell labyrinth on Leigh Beach, created for the 2011 Leigh Art Trail. A work about physical, emotional and spiritual journeys, left to change with the tide.

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Camino: a circular labyrinth of sand and cockleshells on the wet surface of Leigh Beach.
Camino · Leigh Beach, 2011 · Joanna Hartle
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The person behind the gardenA photograph of you, somewhere you feel yourself.
A space for your own photograph
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The person behind the garden

Hello, I’m Joanna.

I’m a consultant, ceremony maker and creative practitioner based in Essex. I’m interested in how we live with change, the places we belong to, and the stories we carry. Each part of my work begins with listening and making room for what matters to the people involved.

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A thought.
A starting point.

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