A series of four talks for HGT members and their guests, to be held on Monday afternoons at 2.30pm. At The Village Hall, Hall Lane, Woolmer Green, SG3 6XA (Near Knebworth)

Tea and coffee will be served from 2.15pm and each talk will cost £5 per person.

Reservation and payment for places on the four talks should be made to Mrs Liz Carlin, 27 Highoaks Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7BJ (Tel: 01707 321210)

Kate Felus, designed-landscape historian, and former garden historian at Stowe, will let us into The Secret Life of the Georgian Garden, the title of her talk echoing that of her recently published book, The Secret Life of the Georgian Garden: Beautiful Objects & Agreeable Retreats.