Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe was one of the 20th century's leading landscape architects and we believe that his sensitivity to purpose and the environment are still very relevant to modern town planning and landscape design today. We are delighted to have three talented and knowledgeable speakers (Annabel Downs, Kate Harwood and Ed Bennis) talking about their […]
Percy Cane was one of the important designers of the early 20th century, having been inspired by Peto’s Easton Lodge garden. Like Peto, he also mingled with clients on the French Riviera where he met Lady Yule, widow of the richest man in England. She commissioned him to design the garden at Hanstead House in […]
The Gardens near Colchester have just been added to the Historic England Register of Parks & Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. This talk will looking at what makes them so special and the plans they have for the future, including responding to climate change. Booking Please register your interest via hertstalks@gmail.com A link […]
The Fox family of Cornwall laid out a series of amazing gardens in the 19th and 29th centuries, taking advantage of the climate to nuture exotics and sub-tropical plants. These gardens include Penjerrick, Rosehill (now RHS), Glendurgan (NT) and Trebah. This talk is given by a member of the Fox family. Booking Please register your […]
Charles Jencks and Maggie Keswick laid out this garden near Dumfries. There has been much shaping of the landscape to form gardens over 30 acres showing the story of the universe, the distortion of space and time caused by a black hole, fractal geometry and a ‘Quark walk’. Booking Please register your interest via hertstalks@gmail.com […]
A visit to this beautiful listed garden has been arranged for Wednesday 14 July. We will travel there by coach from Stanborough Green, Welwyn Garden City at a time to be confirmed. We will be taken round the garden by Jackie Hunt, the head gardener. She is willing to answer questions and we are then […]
The Gedye Lecture Tom Stuart - Smith Please save the date for our celebratory event in your diaries. More details to follow.
Speaker: Corinne Price The Swiss Garden was created by Lord Ongley in the 1820s in the “Swiss Picturesque” style and boasts 13 listed buildings and artefacts within its 9-acre grounds. Embellished with Victorian features during the 1870s by Joseph Shuttleworth, the garden and its buildings sit within the wider landscape of Old Warden Park, Bedfordshire, […]
Speaker: Felicity Brimblecombe How to research head gardeners using head gardeners of the Luton Hoo Estate over several centuries as an example. Rescheduled from November due to technical difficulties. The talk shows a large selection of pictures and sources to unearth the lives and careers of gardeners plus details of their gardens. For all those […]
Speaker: Kate Harwood on Monday 21st February 2022 at 2.30pm on Zoom The Hemel Town Centre garden Jellicoe laid out along the river Gade has been restored. This is the story of its design, execution, decline and renaissance Hemel Hempstead was the third post-war New Town designated. Geoffrey Jellicoe was initially commissioned to design the […]