This last in a series of illustrated lectures sponsored by The Gardens Trust will explore the impact and legacy of empire, colonialism and enslavement on western garden and landscape history. Our aim is to bring back some of the voices usually absent from this history, to identify and fill gaps in our collective knowledge, and to explore new ways of engaging with the whole history of gardens, landscapes and horticulture.

The series will finish with a discussion of some of the issues and themes that have arisen from the lectures, and a chance for the audience to offer reflections and ask questions.

This ticket icosts £5, and you may purchase tickets via the Eventbrite link here. Attendees will be sent a Zoom link 2 days prior to the start of the talk, and a link to the recorded session (available for 1 week) will be sent shortly afterwards.

The session will be chaired by Dr Oliver Cox, Heritage Engagement Fellow, University of Oxford, and the panelists will include:

Professor Corinne Fowler, a research expert at the University of Leicester, director of the ‘Colonial Countryside: National Trust Houses Reinterpreted’ project and author of the book Green Unpleasant Land: Creative Responses to Rural England’s Colonial Connections (Peepal Tree Press, 2020).

Tiger de Souza MBE, Volunteering, Participation and Inclusion Director for the National Trust.

Errol Fernandes, senior gardener for English Heritage at Kenwood House, and an artist and art/horticultural psychotherapist.