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 […]
Please note. This talk is a repeat of a talk Kate Harwood gave for the HALH. Many people were sorry to have missed it or would like to hear it again, so Kate has kindly agreed to run it again. HGT is hosting it as a zoom meeting and the link is below. Join Zoom […]
Speaker: Professor Tom Williamson A review of the contribution that archaeology has made to our understanding of garden history in Hertfordshire and elsewhere. Tom Williamson is Professor of Landscape History at the University of East Anglia and has worked with the Hertfordshire Gardens Trust for many years. In this talk, Tom will discuss some of […]
Mike Drewbury (former head of the archaeologists) will lead a walk in Theobalds Garden and park, Cheshunt which will take 2/3 hours. We will meet at 10.30 for an 11 am start. To book a place please email molleralison@yahoo.co.uk