30.09.21
OGT Autumn Talk, 6pm. In 1770 Sir William Stonhouse of Radley Hall paid Capability Brown £672. In 1847, it was chosen as the site of Radley College for the beauty of its landscape with no idea it was by Brown. Clare Sargent looks at how that information was lost and the attempts to re-construct the […]
27.09.21
‘Artists and the Garden: New Perspectives’ will explore the relationship between cultural production and the garden, across creative disciplines and media, from the 18th century until the present day. This international conference will take place at Hestercombe Gardens, and is co-organised with Kingston University.
22.09.21
Professional garden photographer, writer, and historic landscape consultant Steffie Shields MBE examines the relevance of the celebrated 18th century Lincolnshire antiquarian to passing on the story of the garden and how his designs, observations and surveys help to enrich our understanding and enjoyment of today’s heritage gardens.
07.07.21
This event, by Yorkshire Gardens Trust with Leeds City Council, has had to be postponed. A new date, in 2022, will be advertised soon. Programme: Lotherton: a Garden in Time: The Wider World... continue
05.07.21
The C18th English Landscape Movement pioneered a new approach to farming the land which gives great inspiration for the issues we face today The English landscape, farming and gardening have always been interwoven in practical and productive good sense. This developed boldly and rapidly at the beginning of the eighteenth century when English...
27.05.21
Gwendolyn van Paasschen, current owner, will talk about Denmans, the former home and garden of the late John Brookes MBE, one of Britain’s most influential landscape designers. James Neal, gardener at Michelham Priory will talk about this 7 acre site of a former Augustine Priory in Upper Dicker, East Sussex, enclosed by England’s longest...
26.05.21
Using contemporary art and poetry alongside documentary sources and archaeology, buildings archaeologist James Wright unpicks the world of high status parks and gardens in the Mediaeval & Early Modern periods. Whilst ostensibly providing food for castles and great houses, these landscapes also had a fascinating highly symbolic and ritual...
20.05.21
Alison Moller will explore the background, influences and meaning of The Garden of Cosmic Speculation in southern Scotland. This important C20th/C21th garden is private and open to the public for only one day a year, but Alison was given rare access to explore it with her husband who took the photographs that illustrate this talk.
