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September 2018
[Image reproduced by kind permission of His Grace the Duke of Bedford and the Trustees of the Bedford Estates] As part of our celebrations for the Humphry Repton bicentenary we will visit Woburn Abbey, without doubt Repton's most prestigious commission and the one which he recognised as most fully realising his ideas and plans. After coffee [...]
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Revealing Repton: Approaches to the Art of Landscape Gardening Stephen Daniels, author of Humphry Repton: Landscape Gardening and the Geography of Georgian England (1999), will examine the way that Repton has been interpreted and commemorated. The appreciation of Repton's work and landscapes has developed in many ways over the years. In this lively and fully illustrated talk Professor [...]
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Hereford & Worcester Gardens Trust are holding an exhibition to celebrate the bi-centenary of the death of Humphry Repton (1752- 1818) and his work. The Art Gallery, Broad Street, Hereford. Saturday 6thOctober to Saturday December 1st 2018: Tuesday to Friday 10am to 4pm, Saturday 10am to 12.30 pm. Entrance free and an illustrated catalogue available. Three Red Books [...]
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Bodenham is a modern arboretum located in a protected valley just outside Kidderminster. Extending over some 54 acres, it features mature woodland, specimen trees and shrubs. At the heart are two chains of lakes and pools. It was begun in 1973 when planting started on farmland and earthworks were undertaken to create the lakes. Planting continues [...]
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The Art of Landscape Gardening Our new exhibition celebrates Humphry Repton (1752 – 1818) and his rare and beautiful Red Books. See how Repton’s career unfolded in this special exhibition which brings together Red Books and watercolour paintings, many never publicly displayed before, to celebrate the bicentenary of his death. 24 Red Books are on display, [...]
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A two day Symposium – Day one will be a full day symposium of illustrated talks on a variety of folly-related subjects including: Michael Cousins – Follies in the Chinese Taste Dr Laura Mayer – ‘Tea-things, Dragons and Bells’: Humphry Repton’s Greatest Folly Isobel and Julian Bannerman – subject to be confirmed Dr Iain Jackson – Nek Chand’s Rock Garden at Chandigarh, India [...]
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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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County Gardens Trusts’ researchers from across the country will present short but in-depth talks on their research findings. The programme is still coming together with some excellent speakers. The final programme will be sent to delegates who have booked closer to the date but we’d like to tempt you with the following outline of the day: [...]
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John Massey of Ashwood Nurseries will talk to the Warwickshire Group of Plant Heritage on the subject 'Autumn into Winter'.
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Dr David Jacques, Garden Historian and Conservationist, will consider how writers have reinvented the Elizabethan garden........ We don’t really know what Elizabethan gardens were like; we have almost no images, and poets were general and metaphorical. That, however, has not stopped historians, architects and even garden historians imagining their design, decoration and detail. The very absence [...]
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