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April 2019
For those that missed Joe's inspirational talk to us in January, I am delighted to report that he is again fit enough to give his talk as The Gardens Trust Spring Lecture Finding my place: The Rediscovery and Restoration of Hagley ParkJ with Joe Hawkins MA, Head of Landscape at Hagley Hall Park, Worcestershire In this [...]
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Please double click on link below for further details CHT Study Day - Celebrating Rhododenrons at Highbury
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Please double click on link below for details CHT Exploring Rhododenrons in Two Birmingham Gardens
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DESIGN STUDY DAY WITH KIM WILKIE AT VITSOE Vitsoe HQ, Royal Leamington Spa For our exclusive Design Study Day with internationally renowned landscape architect Kim Wilkie we are visiting the home of British furniture manufacturer Vitsoe at their new HQ and production building in Royal Leamington Spa. Designed and built to reflect the company’s system-thinking, this [...]
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Held in association with The Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford, our annual weekend conference takes as its theme, the ‘Picturesque Garden’. The Picturesque is one of England’s most distinctive contributions to garden history, but it is difficult to define. What is the Picturesque? How does it relate to wider perceptions of the landscape? How [...]
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A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE DESIGNS OF NICHOLAS HAWKSMOOR FOR THE GARDENS IN WRAY WOOD, AND SEE HIS GARDEN BUILDINGS. We will go into the Mausoleum, visit the archives, view the surviving sculpture, walk through the wood to view and the Temple of the Four Winds. Scroll down for the programme and travel information, and [...]
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For those who have missed out on the now fully booked Guy's Cliffe visit next month, the gardens will be open this Sunday as part of the National Gardens Scheme [NGS].
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The Gardens Trust welcomes you to our weekend conference in Oxford including visits to Oxford Botanic Garden, Christ Church and Worcester College gardens, Shotover and Nuneham Courtenay. Please scroll down for the detailed programme and further information about ticket options. Places are limited so prompt booking is recommended. The Conference opens on Friday afternoon with a guided [...]
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The Folly Fellowship’s post-lockdown visit to: Chesterton and Farnborough, Warwickshire Saturday, 21 August 2021 The Windmill at Chesterton, Warwickshire [Photo: DeFacto on Wikimedia Commons] ur day will begin at 12:00 noon with a visit to Chesterton Windmill, located a few miles north of Junction 12 of the M40. Please bring a picnic and a rug or [...]
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Oxfordshire Gardens Trust invites us to their first lecture of the autumn season when Clare Sargent will present ‘Capability Brown at Radley – Rediscovering a lost landscape’. Clare is Head of Library and Archives at Radley College. She will examine the evidence for Capability Brown’s involvement in the 18th century landscape and the attempts to reconstruct [...]
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