The Lady Garden

I quite enjoy some of the art I've seen, like the plastercasts of a hundred vaginas.

It's like a more intimate version of enjoying looking round peoples homes.

who on earth thought of this - the worlds gone nuts to quote Mr Morgan

What a shame Prince Philip is no longer in action I'm sure he'd have something to say about it.

Do you think the Chelsea presenters will be drawing lots to comment on it?

Monty or Joe?

Well my garden doesn’t look like that ?

Think they ought to wheel Philip out for the occasion. Suppose it might be a bit much for an old guy though.

Haven't seen mine for ages bbbevan

Suppose it's still down there

Mine looks like a vandalised bus seat.

MissA. ????

Unlike some I find “Lady Garden” the most mimsy, woke, shudder-inducing euphemism anybody could come up with!

I’m not sure why the female anatomy is ‘offensive’, to quote the OP. Should we be ashamed of our body parts? The Scottish government has used a similar strategy in its campaign to get more women to sign up cervical screening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9z2n0IsUzA

I’m also concerned that people think that it is a vagina that is depicted! It’s not. It’s a vulva.

Hahahaha, MissAdventure!!!!

Pudendum SD?

MissAdventure love it???
I think lady gardens a fine euphemism prettier than meat and two veg

Nah! It's got the outside bits, the (whisper) labia, and then the vulva. I think it's got the (whisper even more quietly) 'c' bit as well.

IMO distasteful and I do not understand the mentality of anyone doing this. It is a publicity stunt, done for no other reason.

The photo comes up rather blurry on my screen, Lucywinter and I can’t see that level of detail!

Pudendum. What a word! Let’s use it more often!

Info here

Well, given the reaction on here, I'd say they've already succeeded in terms of publicity!

What a ridiculous euphonysm 'Lady Garden' is, nauseously coy. Why not call body parts by their names? - genitals, pr puddenda if you prefer, then use the ordinary words labia, vagina etc.

I have yet to hear coy, avoiding terms for the liver, kidneys, pancreas etc.

I think it refers more to the part that we don't have so much of as we get older, rather than the internals. IYSWIM!

Well, that's what I always thought when I saw it referred to on Mumsnet.

I think in this case its used in an ironic way, precisely because twee words are used to describe "down there" (said in a whisper)

I do hope that the exhibit will include examples of Clitoria ternatea, named for its likeness to that part of the anatomy!

Never used twee words for talking about my genital area, nor did I teach my children any.

The phrase 'Lady Garden' is a phrase I heard for the first time only a year or two ago on GN.

If it means pubic hair why not say so. Mine seems to be as lush as it has always been.