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July 2020
Sadly, our return to the Principality will no longer be going ahead.
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For the second of our series of free Zoom lectures, WGT member Simon Gulliver has kindly agreed to give a talk on Arts & Crafts Gardens. Simon is a Gardens Advisor for the National Trust and has previously worked at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. He has spoken on Ernest 'Chinese' Wilson at one of our previous [...]
Find out moreOctober 2020
Following recent government guidelines imposing restrictions on group gatherings, we will no longer be proceeding with the visit which was to be a follow up to Christine Hodgett's talk on War Memorial Gardens. We will continue to monitor and adhere to government advice in order to protect our members.
Find out moreNovember 2020
This year's AGM will be held on Zoom with a link to follow. The AGM will be followed by Dr. Marsh's lecture “Plants on Paper: A Potted History of Botanical Art”, “Botanical art used to have a rather dull and staid reputation, probably because of the invention of photography. After all, when we have digital cameras [...]
Find out moreJanuary 2021
On Line talk The innovative perfection of architecture and landscaping epitomized by Andre Le Notre, Louis Le Vau and Charles Le Brun at Vaux le Vicomte ruined Nicolas Fouquet but inspired his master, Louis XIV. The hunting lodge at Versailles was transformed into a triumph of space – avenues, parterres, fountains, sculptures – where the radiant [...]
Find out moreMarch 2021
On Line Talk Stephen has been undertaking a series of archaeological investigations in the Stowe Landscape, including the Cascade, The Doric Arch and the approaches to the Rotunda (see images). He will be updating us on these, revealing how the layout of various parts of the landscape have been adapted and changed over time. It is [...]
Find out moreApril 2021
There are three tree cathedrals in Britain - places where trees have been planted to emulate the spatial form of medieval gothic cathedrals - yet these special and eccentric groves are little-known and understood. Camilla Allen has been researching these places since first stumbling on a photo of the Glencuitten tree cathedral in the first journal [...]
Find out moreMay 2021
It is hoped that Joe Hawkins will be sufficiently recovered to guide us around Hagley following his inspirational talk on the restoration of this important C18 garden. We will also be given a guided tour of the house, perhaps Sanderson Miller's greatest masterpiece. The bluebells should be at their best. N.B. This visit is strictly limited to [...]
Find out moreJune 2021
Two stunning Cotswold gardens 'each in its own bubble of tranquillity'. Miserden Park (nr. Stroud), a property of the Wills family since 1913, is a suitably historic property to have won Historic Houses Association 'Garden of the Year' in 2018. For centuries a royal manor (at one time providing the dowries for Henry VIII's many wives) [...]
Find out moreJuly 2021
Lamport was home to a branch of Northamptonshire's ancient Isham family from 1560 until the death of Sir Gyles Isham, 12th Baronet, in 1976. After the National Trust refused to take on the property, because of its poor condition and lack of endowment, and having no close family heirs, Sir Gyles set up his own [...]
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