Taking natural forms as its main theme, the pieces on display in the garden include animals, birds, plants and organic-shaped abstract works.

The centuries old garden has been brought to life by new forms...a unicorn, a golden voice. The team at Hatfield House have created an exciting and unusual exhibition. The work selected for this year's exhibition is designed to reflect the natural environment.

Abstract pieces are combined with realistic forms to create a varied and stimulating event. The sculptures take on different forms as the light changes through the day and as the garden moves through the seasons.

Part of the display in Encounters will be the work of Great Missenden artist blacksmith, Adrian Payne.

Adrian was inspired by the Red Kites flying over his Buckinghamshire workshop and has created a dramatic steel piece.

Some pieces, such as a dramatic wicker Hawk, are from West Country artists and brought to Hatfield through the project team's collaboration with Stone Lane Garden arboretum and sculpture exhibition in Devon.

Father and son blacksmiths Gary and Thomas Thrussell enjoy exploring the illusion of scale in their work. In the dramatic setting of the garden, a six foot wide iron spider seems perfectly at home.

The tactile stone surfaces of In Agreement nod in perpetual harmony and Ed Netley's Leaping Unicorn and George Hider's Heron wait to be discovered.