15.01.20
LONDON WINTER LECTURES: SEASON TICKET
Herbariums, a Jacobean ‘lover of faire flowers’, Muskauer Park (Saxony), Beth Chatto and The High Line (New York) – five fascinating talks... continue
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25.01.20
Sussex Gardens Trust Winter Lecture Series
Designed Water: A history of water in garden design A series of four lectures on water in garden design for 2020, exploring its symbolism, its evolving design, its techniques and how technological advances created new design possibilities. Sats 25th Jan, 22nd Feb, 7th Mar & 4th Apr 2020, 2pm – 4pm at Wesley Hall near Haywards Heath Station
29.01.20
LONDON LECTURE: Nicholas Leate ‘a lover of all faire flowers’
Dr David Marsh speaks about his research on Nicholas Leate, Jacobean merchant and plant collector.... continue
09.02.20
Introduction to Garden History
The Gardens Trust introduction to garden history course is back by popular demand, this time running over three Sundays starting on 9 February, in association with the Garden Museum. Each day... continue
13.02.20
LONDON LECTURE: Princes, Parkland and Politics: the legacy of Muskauer Park
Brian Dix will tell the story of Prince Pückler’s vision for the park, its subsequent division and neglect and its modern revalorization... continue
26.02.20
LONDON LECTURE: Beth Chatto: A Life in Plants
Dr Catherine Horwood, who worked with Beth Chatto on her archives, will speak about her amazing life... continue
11.03.20
LONDON LECTURE: The High Line, New York
Dr Jill Raggett looks at the successful High Line in New York to see how we can re-imagine spaces... continue
12.03.20
The Development of the English Landscape Garden
A Garden History course held over three Thursdays at the historic Godinton House in Kent, which will trace the development of the English Landscape Garden throughout the eighteenth century. Alongside our study of key gardens and designers we shall also consider the wider cultural and political context which so influenced this new art form.