THE EWE Experience in Glengarriff is the focal point for an emotional TV documentary by Ronan Keating in memory of his brother Ciaran who was killed in a car crash in 2023.
The former Boyzone singer and now TV presenter came with a 12- person crew to record the BBC show, selecting the Ewe Experience as a destination on a personal journey along the west coast of Ireland to commemorate the loss of his brother.
He was working with Ewe artist Sheena Wood on a large sculpture, ‘The Last Dance’, which honours Sheena’s aunts, and an emotional Ronan talked about the healing power of art and nature.
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The Ewe Experience will also live on visually in a documentary produced by London-based filmmaker, Holly Aylett, in collaboration with photographer David Fox from Kenmare.
Poetry by Sheena will feature alongside stunning sequences from the garden.
The filming may result in a second documentary accompanied by links to some of the very extensive narrative from the garden about the environment and natural history, written by Sheena over decades.
It has been a truly grand finale for owners Sheena Wood and Kurt Lyndorff, after closing The Ewe Experience on September 1st.
Kurt told The Southern Star: ‘The Ewe Experience has exciting projects going forward, despite closing the garden to the public, [we are] continuing with art projects, commissions and consultancy.
‘Sheena has the large art exhibition in Cork, Ronan Keating came to record a BBC programme and a filmmaker is doing a documentary.’
A large art exhibition by Irish artist Sheena Wood marks the grand finale to 32 years of The Ewe Experience garden in Glengarriff.
The multi-media show, spanning two floors, is running until the end of the year at Quay Co-Op in Cork City.
The title, ‘Beyond Words’ is a reflection on Israel’s two-year genocide against over two million Palestinians in occupied Gaza.
All proceeds from specially made art pieces are going to relief work in Gaza, with 20% of all other sales going to Gaza relief efforts by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and UNICEF, Gaza.
The Ewe Experience has also raised a total of €4,000, with €1,000 going to UNICEF in Gaza, €1,000 donated to the Alzheimer Society in West Cork, €1,000 to Bantry Hospice and €1,000 to Breakthrough Cancer Research in Cork.
