02.10.21
Join Nottinghamshire Gardens Trust for a visit to the Arts and Crafts gardens of Brackenhurst Hall, designed in by William Clarke. 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 gardens.
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 […]
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.
14.09.21
We have put together a fascinating group of monthly talks which include topics to interest, enlighten and perhaps even challenge! Talks take place monthly on Zoom on Tuesdays at 6pm and cost £4 (LGT Members)/£6 (Non-members). Class passes also available for £24/£36. Recordings will be available to view for one week after each lecture.
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...
