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April 2018
Following on from Stephen Wass's lecture on the archaeology of water features, we have an opportunity to see his work on the renovations of the lake at Packwood House. Packwood House dates to the early 1600s and survived in its original form until the early C19th when its walls were covered with rendering as an attempt [...]
Find out moreMay 2018
To mark the bicentenary of Humphry Repton's death, eminent garden historian John Phibbs will lead a study day about Repton's work at Stoneleigh Abbey. Further talks will consider the earlier history of the estate and the influence it had on Jane Austen's vision of landscape. A tour of the Abbey and Repton's landscape will follow. Coffee, [...]
Find out moreJune 2018
Enjoy a day out to Perrycroft and Madresfield Park. The day is divided into two with a morning visit to Perrycroft, a stunning design by C.F.A. Vosey who had been commissioned by the industrialist J. A. Wilson in 1893 to build him a country house on a sloping hill above Upper Colwall with views focused on [...]
Find out moreSeptember 2018
THE GARDENS TRUST’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 Our Conference this year will take place on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd September and be based at two separate but nearby venues in Birmingham’s leafy suburbs: the Edgbaston campus of the University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TT and (3.5 km distant) the gloriously Venetian Gothic Highbury Hall, [...]
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