Finest Fuchsias

William Hodges Fellowship Exhibition

Daegan Wells presents a group of three works, each in response to the natural and built environment around Ōtepuni Gardens. The work also pays homage to the florist, gardener and naturalist James Morton who was responsible for the original design of the Gardens in 1872.


Through a combination of archival research, observation, conversation, and “deep listening” to the social context of the local built and natural environment, Wells’ work comprises documentary fragments and reflections that pose questions about the delicate, transient, and elusive nature of histories of place and how these are remembered in the present.