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November 2018
As the final event of our Repton celebration, Dr. Jane Bradney will give a lecture: "'In the enemy's quarters': Repton and the Picturesque." This will follow the AGM and precede tea. Please e-mail mattfattorini@gmail.com if you are planning to attend.
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An opportunity for Gardens Trust and County Gardens Trust members to meet each other and discuss ideas, skills and questions. The Agenda will allow for discussions on CGT experiences of Conservation, Outreach and Research & Recording and includes a talk from Suzanne Carter, Community Engagement Consultant, on the HLF-funded Sharing Repton ‘Historic Landscapes for All’ activity at [...]
Find out moreJanuary 2019
Joe Hawkins, Head of Landscape at Hagley Hall, will reveal his journey of discovery during the ongoing restoration of its once celebrated but since sadly neglected, Grade I registered, C18 gardens. Joe Hawkins was led by an early love of nature and landscape into the world of historic gardens with a career-start tending the Grade 1 [...]
Find out moreFebruary 2019
Matt Halford will talk about the pressures and difficulties associated with running a Grade I Registered Garden, like Warwick Castle, in the face of large numbers of visitors.
Find out moreMarch 2019
Researching the gardens of the early seventeenth century has a number of inherent difficulties, the main one of which is that almost no gardens remain from this period, the vast majority having disappeared altogether or been subject to such change and renovation over the centuries that little or nothing remains of their original state. This is [...]
Find out moreApril 2019
Dr. Rita J. Dashwood, who has recently received her doctorate from the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick, will talk about the role of gardens in the courtships of Jane Austen's novels. N.B. This lecture will be held in the Leamington Tennis Court Club.
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Roger Boxall, Head of Landscaping at Warwick University Campus, has kindly agreed to show us around and explain the difficulties of maintaining an attractive natural environment against a background of untrammelled expansion of buildings.
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A rare opportunity to visit a fine eighteenth-century landscape park attributed to Sanderson Miller, along with C19 and modern gardens surrounding this early 'gothick' country house. Included in the price is a two course lunch at the Bell at Alderminster. Early booking is essential. Booking Form pdf.
Find out moreJuly 2019
Tuesday July 23, High Glanau and Veddw, Monmouthshire. Coach visit The visit is to two twentieth century gardens linked by the Wye Valley High Glanau Manor was the home of Avray Tipping, who wrote many articles on gardens in Country Life in the early twentieth century as well as volumes in collaboration with Gertrude Jekyll. He [...]
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An opportunity to have a private guided tour of this recently restored Grade II registered walled garden, with tea to follow. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED Guy's Cliffe Walled Garden will be open on Sunday 21st July 2019,, 10.30-15.00, for NGS.
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