Photo shoot

Last week we were privileged to host the crew shooting for a future issue of an august knitwear publication, in and around the garden.  It is always a marvel to me how the fashion shoots manage to be so lucky with the weather at Iford.  Despite the day before having been depressingly drizzly and grey, they managed to arrive on the one day last week when we had patchy (but dry!) sunshine all day.

Though I am certainly not their target market, even to a woolly-Luddite like me it was clear that the knitted garments which they brought with them (to clothe statues and models in appropriate poses) were utterly gorgeous.

Such fashion shoots are important to Iford because they contribute not only to the wider use of the garden in general but also provide important revenue to enable us to continue with the maintenance and restoration of the garden.  But there are definitely shoots and shoots... some are assiduously sympathetic to the place and take infinite care not to damage the property - others, sadly, are less so.  Last week's crew was, thankfully, firmly in the former group, and it was a complete pleasure to host them.

If you would like to use Iford as a location, please contact our agents: Sarah Eastel Locations