Everywhere You Go: Photography, Petrol and Pests at OmVed Gardens

By Diva HarrisJuly 5, 2026

Contributing editor Tallulah Brennan heads to North London’s OmVed Gardens to take in Hannah Fletcher’s ‘Photo.Petro.Chemical.Capital’, exploring the entwined rise of photography and the petrochemical industry. I arrive at OmVed Gardens in the pouring rain. It is June, and so the wildflowers are out, today slain by the downpour, poppies lying low on the ground. […]

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