Daily Archives: October 13, 2020

Tuesday, October 27, 2:00 pm – A Celebration of English Gardens, From the Archives of Country Life Magazine, Online

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“That the English are a nation of gardeners as well as weather-watchers is well known; the two national obsessions are as intertwined as the honey-suckle and the hedgerow,” writes Country Life Garden Editor Kathryn Bradley-Hole. Her October 27 online Royal Oak Foundation lecture, drawn from her new book, celebrates English gardens featured in Country Life, a pictorial weekly journal that launched in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

From picturesque cottage gardens to grand formal gardens; from kitchen gardens to water gardens; and from medieval monastery gardens to cutting-edge 21st century gardens, Kathryn will take a fresh look at horticultural treasures from across England. She will discuss those created by designers such as Capability Brown, Gertrude Jekyll, Rosemary Verey, Piet Oudolf and Arne Maynard among others.

She will illustrate world famous gardens—Waddesdon Manor (NT), Hidcote (NT), and Great Dixter—alongside new and lesser-known places such as Woolbeding (NT), Warnell Hall, Cumbria, and Hauser & Wirth in Bruton. Using stunning photography from the archives of Country Life, Kathryn will distill the essence of what makes the British garden style so popular and celebrate English garden-making in all its astonishing variety, wit and inspiration.

Kathryn Bradley-Hole’s distinguished career as a horticultural writer includes 18 years as Gardens Editor of the iconic English weekly magazine, Country Life, between 2000 and 2018. She has authored six books on a variety of garden subjects, including the bestselling BBC “Gardeners’ World” Garden Lovers’ Guide to Britain and Lost Gardens of England from the Archives of Country Life. Her most recent book, English Gardens from the Archives of Country Life Magazine, was just published by Rizzoli last October. Her own gardening interests have an organic approach, to support a diversity of wildlife.

Thank you to our co-sponsors: The Colonial Dames of America; Washington Decorative Arts Forum; Rizzoli; Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, Southern California Chapter

Online via Zoom Webinar – $15 for members of the Royal Oak Foundation, $15 for nonmembers. Register at www.royal-oak.org USE PROMO CODE BACKBAY20 at checkout for $5 off – thank you Royal Oak!

Wednesday, October 21, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Growing Strawberries in New England Webinar

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Strawberries are one of the most loved fruits to grow in a home garden, especially for families with small children. On Wednesday, October 21 at 6:30 pm, we’ll go over some of the important elements of how to be successful in pursuit of the perfect strawberry harvest; site, soil, nutrition requirements, innovative planting ideas and pest/disease management. This program will be held virtually. Once you register for this Tower Hill Botanic Garden webinar you will receive a Zoom link in the confirmation. This webinar will also be RECORDED and available for 2 months to all registrants. Tower Hill members $10, nonmembers $15. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.

Sonia Schloemann trained in Plant and Soil Sciences at UMass with both Bachelors and Masters degrees. She worked for UMass Extension for over 30 years as a Small Fruit Specialist, delivering educational programming to commercial growers and conducting research on sustainable practices for commercial fruit production. She has conducted Master Gardener trainings for over 20 years. She lives and garden in Amherst, MA.