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  • Wednesdays, December 1 – 15, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm – Unforgettable Japanese Gardens, Online

    The Japanese Garden Society are delighted to share with The Gardens Trust some very important and Unforgettable Japanese Gardens. The virtual series starts with a new Japanese “strolling garden” in southwest Ireland, open to the public since 2015. It’s design celebrates the life of an early Western interpreter of Japan’s culture and folklore. The second talk describes a Japanese garden constructed sixty years ago to create harmonious views from the architect designed New House, both now listed by Historic England as Grade II. The third Japanese garden was constructed 110 years ago within Tatton Park, a private garden until it was opened to the public in 1960.

    Week 1. 1 December. Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens: Part of a series of 3 online lectures, £5 each or all 3 for £12.

    Week 2. 8 December. The New House, Shipton -Under-Wychwood: Part of a series of 3 online lectures, £5 each or all 3 for £12.

    Week 3. 15 December. The Japanese Garden at Tatton Park: Part of a series of 3 online lectures, £5 each or all 3 for £12.

    Click through on the links to register with Eventbrite.

  • Wednesdays, September 8 – September 29, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Unforgettable Gardens: Norfolk, Online

    Enjoy a series of four online talks organized by The Gardens Trust in partnership with Norfolk Gardens Trust, Wednesdays from September 9 – September 29. Register through Eventbrite HERE. Sixteen pounds for the entire course of four sessions.

    ‘When the biting North Sea winds blows across Norfolk in the depths of Winter, it can sometimes be hard to imagine the beauty of the county’s gardens at the height of Summer. But … Norfolk is home to some of the most wonderful gardens in the country’.

    These were the first two lines written by HRH the Prince of Wales, in his Foreword for the Norfolk County Gardens Trust’s gazetteer published in 2013. Of the 320 gardens included in the book, four have been selected to form the September series of Unforgettable Gardens talks. The gardens include the grand and beautiful gardens at Houghton; Great Yarmouth’s Venetian Waterways beloved by generations on holiday and recently rescued from decline; Norwich’s secret Victorian gem, The Plantation Garden; and lastly the Royal gardens at Sandringham, a garden fit for a Queen.

    Week One will explore Houghton with Professor Tom Williamson, and Richard and Rosie Ernst. Week Two deals with Great Yarmouth’s Venetian Waterways Renaissance with Darren Barker, Week Three covers the Plantation Garden with Dr. Lesley Kant Cunneen, and the series concludes with Martin Woods speaking on Sandringham park and Gardens.

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  • Monday, June 14, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Other Voices in Garden History Discussion Panel, Online

    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.

  • Monday, May 24, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Other Voices in Garden History: Working Towards Inclusive Botanic Gardens, Online

    This seventh 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.

    This ticket costs £5, and you may purchase 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 Royal Botanic Gardens, at Kew and Edinburgh, with roots from colonial times, are developing a roadmap for change and working towards a more equitable and inclusive botanic gardens. Drawing on current work at Edinburgh and Kew, they share their process and recommendations for best practice. This session, on May 24 at 1 pm Eastern, will be presented by a panel of staff from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and Edinburgh.

  • Monday, May 3, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Other Voices in Garden History: The Work of Ingrid Pollard, Online

    This fourth in a series of illustrated lectures sponsored by The Gardens Trust on May 3 at 1 pm Eastern time 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.

    Ingrid Pollard will discuss aspects of her social practice, which is concerned with representation, history and landscape with reference to race, difference and the materiality of lens based media.

    The ticket is for this individual session costs £5, and you may purchase tickets from Eventbrite via the 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.

    Dr Ingrid Pollard is a photographer, media artist and researcher. She is a graduate of the London College of Printing and Derby University. Her work is included in numerous collections including the UK Arts Council and the Victoria & Albert Museum. She lives and works in London UK.

    Ingrid Pollard

  • Monday, April 12, 1:00 pm – 12:30 pm – Other Voices in Garden History: Guns and Roses: Humphrey Repton at Warley Park, Online

    The landscape gardener Humphry Repton’s working life witnessed great social change. He disliked the new money men connected with trade and commerce, but reluctantly benefited greatly from these bankers, industrialist and merchants who profited from war and colonial contracts. The profits of empire percolated through the whole of the British economy and funded the creation of many gardens and landscapes of aspiration. This online lecture sponsored by The Gardens Trust on April 12 at 1 pm Eastern looks at Humphry Repton’s work for the Quaker gun manufacturer Samuel Galton Junior at his estate at Warley Woods, Birmingham.

    This is the first in a ten part series celebrating the voices beginning to be heard. This series of illustrated lectures will explore the impact and legacy of empire, colonialism and enslavement on western garden and landscape history. The 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 diverse range of topics and speakers will offer a new range of perspectives on the history of gardens and landscapes and suggest more inclusive ways of presenting and interpreting their stories. The series does not aim to point fingers or to encourage hand-wringing but is more a celebration of voices starting to be heard.

    Garden, Plant and Social Historian Advolly Richmond is an independent researcher based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. She is a trustee of the Welsh Historic Gardens Trust and she sits on the Gardens Trust Events and Education Committee. Through her Royal Horticultural Society training and qualifications she went on to achieve an MA in Garden History from the University of Bristol. A member of the Garden Media Guild, she is a television presenter on BBC Gardener’s World and a contributor to BBC Gardener’s Question Time. She lectures on a variety of 16th to 20th century subjects and is currently researching the life and achievements of the Anglo-African Victorian botanist the Reverend Thomas Birch Freeman (1809 – 1890).

    Tickets are five pounds (approximately $7), payable through Eventbrite by clicking HERE.

  • Monday, May 10, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Other Voices in Garden History: Collecting with Lao Chao

    This fifth 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.

    For years, the curators of museums and living collections, and their visitors, have been programmed to respond to and expect tales of the grand, death-defying adventures of our collectors, rather than the realities and injustices of what really happened on expeditions. In this lecture, Yvette Harvey will use the archives of the Royal Horticultural Society and the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh to explore the escapades of well-known plant hunters from the perspective of others on their teams, and to discuss where credit should lie for the plant collections that have a huge impact on what is grown in our gardens today. The main focus of the lecture will be the Scottish botanist and plant hunter George Forrest (1873 – 1932) and will examine the role played by the teams of local Naxi people whom he employed to collect, process and label specimens. It will give voice to team leader Zhao Chengzhang and those who worked alongside him, acknowledging their valuable work and tenacity.

    This ticket costs £5, and you may purchase 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.

    Yvette Harvey is the curator of the herbarium of the Royal Horticultural Society based at RHS Garden Wisley. She has coached on the topic of herbarium management for Kew’s Herbarium Techniques course. She maintains a professional interest in the Flora of West and Central Africa and is on the council of the Natural Sciences Collections Association, whose mission is to promote and support natural science collections and the people that work with them. Her research on decolonizing plant hunter narratives has been part-funded by the 1951 Royal Commission and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.