It’s 1948 and Irene Willard has had five miscarriages. She’s desperate to give her beloved husband the child he desperately desires & now pregnant for the sixth time, checks in to an isolated house-cum-hospital run by a husband & wife team of doctors who are pioneering a cure to ‘rectify the maternal environment’. There, she befriends Margaret and Pearl, women who are also yearning for motherhood, and together, they undertake the doctors’ examinations, both physical & psychological. In the meantime, she discovers a long-forgotten walled garden on the spacious grounds, a place imbued with its own impenetrable powers and pulls. As the doctors’ plans begin to crumble, Irene and her fellow patients make a desperate bid to harness the power of the garden for themselves & must face the incalculable risks associated with such incalculable rewards. Haunting, uncanny and unforgettable, The Garden exhumes private griefs and mysteries in a stunning gothic that explores the ways that women’s bodies are policed and manipulated.
