Daily Archives: February 25, 2022

Wednesdays, March 2 – March 30 – Unforgettable Gardens of Yorkshire, Online

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In this series of five Gardens Trust online talks the speakers will introduce a variety of landscapes and gardens, both historic and contemporary, enjoyed by Yorkshire Gardens Trust members throughout Yorkshire and in neighboring County Durham. This ticket costs £20 for the entire course of 5 sessions or you may purchase a ticket for individual sessions, costing £5 via the links below, through Eventbrite. Please note that Daylight Savings time will alter the East Coast start time of the final two lectures, but recorded links are sent to registrants immediately following each live presentation, which can be enjoyed anytime during the following seven days. Complete descriptions of each individual lecture may be found by clicking on to the hyperlinks below.

Week 1. 2 March. Castle Howard: A Landmark in the Mind and the Eye: First in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.

Week 2. 9 March. Three Yorkshire Gardens: Second in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.

Week 3. 16 March. Old Durham Gardens in the context of early Durham gardens: Third in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.

Week 4. 23 March. Some of Mr. Aislabie’s other places: Fourth in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.

Week 5. 30 March. The Future of Memory at Castle Howard: Fifth in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.

Image: ©Will Roberts

Monday, February 28, 1:00 pm Eastern – The Life and Work of John Bradby Blake: Unspoken Questions

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The next lecture in The Gardens Trust series on the extraordinary life and work of John Bradby Blake continues February 28 at 1 pm Eastern with Professor Winnie Wong, University of California, Berkeley, entitled If Not This? – Unspoken Questions and the Pleasures of Substitution. This paper examines several instructional moments in which Chinese and European merchants and naturalists asked questions of Canton’s painters, apothecaries, herbalists, gardeners, street sellers, shopkeepers, and books. While they never seemed to get a proper answer, this paper interrogates their questions: why they were asked, and why they were so often unspoken and unrecorded. £5. Register through Eventbrite by clicking HERE. Attendees will be sent a Zoom link 2 days prior to the start of the talk, and again a few hours before the talk. A link to the recorded session (available for 1 week) will be sent shortly afterwards.