16.04.21
In this Zoom lecture, Richard Bisgrove will discuss Anglo-American exchanges of horticultural knowledge and plants, from the early settlers in Virginia through to prairie gardens of today. Richard is a retired Course Director in Landscape Management at the University of Reading and the author of several books on garden design and history.
13.04.21
The 18th-century English Landscape Movement pioneered a radical new approach to sculpting and farming the land which gives great inspiration for the issues we face today. In this online talk Kim Wilkie traces this development through looking at some of the projects he has worked on, from the gardens of great country houses to humble […]
22.03.21
Winter Lecture Series 2020/21 organised jointly by The Gardens Trust and The London Gardens Trust Monday, 22 March 2021, 6-7pm What is Wild? Dr Kim Wilkie, Landscape Architect Wild has become... continue
19.03.21
Plant Collections: snapshots on a timeline This series of four lectures will look at botanic gardens from the early private collections of the Medici, through colonial imperatives, to the dilemmas of the present-day. Online weekly on Friday evenings.
08.03.21
Winter Lecture Series 2020/21 organised jointly by The Gardens Trust and The London Gardens Trust Monday, 8 March 2021, 6-7pm Kathryn Whitmore, Associate Landscape Architect, AECOM; Lizzi Hewett-Brown,... continue
23.02.21
From hermitages to ruined abbeys, headless statues to wellheads, we scatter ruins through our gardens and designed landscapes. The Romans were the first to incorporate ruins in gardens and now we create gardens around Roman ruins. But what is the fascination with incorporating the old in the new?
22.02.21
Winter Lecture Series 2020/21 organised jointly by The Gardens Trust and The London Gardens Trust Monday, 22 February 2021, 6-7pm Transatlantic Slavery’s Long Reach Dr Susanne Seymour, Associate... continue
08.02.21
Winter Lecture Series 2020/21 organised jointly by The Gardens Trust and The London Gardens Trust Monday, 8th February 2021, 6-7pm Post-war designed landscapes of London and environs Karen Fitzsimon... continue
