\n The sculptures, honouring soprano Jenny Lind and nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, now stand in Priory Park, Malvern, within the walled garden by the Swan Pool.\n<\/p>\n
\n Both women had personal ties to the Great Malvern area and were close friends during their lifetimes.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jenny Lind, known as the ‘Swedish Nightingale,’ was a celebrated soprano who spent her later years at Wynds Point near Little Malvern and is buried in Great Malvern Cemetery.\n<\/p>\n
\n Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, frequently visited Great Malvern for rest and recuperation.\n<\/p>\n
\n The sculptures honouring Jenny Lind and Florence Nightingale in Priory Park (Image: Malvern Hills District Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n Peter Smith, former Malvern town councillor and founder and artistic director of the Autumn in Malvern Festival, led the statue project.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Smith said: “I’m delighted to have worked in partnership with Malvern Hills District Council to bring the project in Priory Park to fruition.\n<\/p>\n
\n “As a native of Malvern and founder and artistic director of the Autumn in Malvern Festival for 33 years, I have celebrated Malvern’s outstanding cultural heritage in music, literature, and the visual arts.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The eminent women, Jenny Lind and Florence Nightingale had a strong connection with Malvern and were known throughout the world for their work in classical music and social reform.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The statues were designed and made at the Eastnor Forge by artist blacksmith Andrew Findlay.\n<\/p>\n
\n Funding for the Florence Nightingale sculpture was provided by the Autumn in Malvern Festival before the festival was handed over to Malvern Theatres in 2025.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Jenny Lind statue was funded by the Jenny Lind Society of Stockholm, Lind\u2019s great-great-granddaughter Sarah Jenny Dunsmure and her family, Lady Morella Wiggin, and the festival.\n<\/p>\n
\n Councillor John Gallagher, portfolio holder for resources at Malvern Hills District Council, said: “We are so pleased to support the installation of the new statues of two iconic, historical figures.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Thank you to Peter Smith leading on this brilliant project. We hope people visiting the park will take the time to have a look and to learn about their contributions to our wonderful town.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Nearby, roses and foxgloves have been planted to represent the women\u2014roses for Jenny Lind and foxgloves for Florence Nightingale, her favourite flower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sculptures, honouring soprano Jenny Lind and nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, now stand in Priory Park, Malvern, within…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-609703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}