05.02.22
Zoom talk – “Swiss Cottages and the Alpine Picturesque”
The Folly Fellowship invite you to join them for “Swiss Cottages and the Alpine Picturesque”, a free Zoom talk given by Kate Harwood at 8.00 p.m. on Saturday, 5th February
Past events
02.12.21
Birds in our Gardens and Landscapes – A Seasonal Selection of Poetry and Prose
OGT Talk. During lockdown, birds became for many of us a much more noticed part of our natural landscape, and an integral part of our lives. Jaqueline Mitchell, compiler of Birds: An Anthology, takes us on a romp through the literature of birds in our gardens and landscapes, from Roman times to the present day. […]
Contact: events@ogt.org.uk
19.11.21
Berkshire Gardens Trust – Public Parks: The Paradise of Victorian Innovation
Note the new date for this Zoom lecture about the history and development of public parks from their beginnings in the Victorian era to today’s issues with how best to fund these vital green spaces. It will include examples of Berkshire’s historic parks. The lecturer is David Lambert, a landscape historian and leading campaigner...
18.11.21
20th-Century Gardens and Landscapes
OGT Autumn Talk, 6pm. The gardens of the 20th century are only now starting to receive the recognition they deserve. Susannah Charlton discusses a number of significant gardens to make the case for valuing and protecting this modern heritage. Book on event cube. £4 members.
Contact: events@ogt.org.uk
13.11.21
William Clarke’s Arts and Crafts Gardens at Brackenhurst Hall, with Nottinghamshire Gardens Trust
Julia Davies, Head of the Environmental Sciences Department at Nottingham Trent University’s Brackenhurst Campus, will give a short presentation followed by a guided tour of the Arts and Crafts gardens, designed in by William Clarke, following the principles of Thomas Mawson’s ‘Art and Craft of Garden Making’ published from 1900.
12.11.21
The Return of the Victorian Garden
The Birkbeck Garden History Group’s Winter Lecture this year is on the revival of interest in the Victorian garden and how Victorian garden design has returned to respectability. The lecture, given by Brent Elliott, will be held live in the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Bloomsbury, London at 6.30 on Friday 12 November. Tickets...
06.11.21
The Folly Fellowship – Ickworth House Talk
A Zoom meeting on Ickworth – a stupendous monument to folly (as much about the Hervey family especially the Earl Bishop) by Caroline Holmes at 8.00 pm London time
04.11.21
Gardeners’ Minds, Memories and Music
Live Streamed Event with Speakers and Music: The Well Gardened Mind, Dr Sue Stuart Smith, Psychiatrist and best-selling author; Downsizing, Mary Keen, garden designer, columnist and author; Bridgewater and Beyond, Tom Stuart Smith, world-leading garden designer; Gardens and Gardening through Words and Music, Narrator Catherine Bott...