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
Each one hour lecture will take place on Thursday mornings at 10am on the following dates: 19th May, 26th May, 9th June, 16th June and 30th June. Options for Attendees: You may purchase a ticket for the entire course of 5 lectures at a cost of £15.00 for HGT members and £30.00 for non members […]
Week 2: May 26th with Alison Moller – Training the Nation – The new Universities and revamped campuses of the mid century. White Heat of Technology – The input of landscape architects: Brenda Colvin, Sylvia Crowe, Geoffrey Jellicoe and others into landscaping power stations, roads, factories and other industrial sites. Tickets for this individual lecture […]
Week 3: June 9th with Kate Harwood – The Modernist Art Movements of the 1920s – The influence of art movements such as abstractionism, cubism, expressionism on post war landscapes and the work of Philip Hicks, Frederick Gibberd, Geoffrey Jellicoe, Richard Sudell and others. The Room Outside – John Brookes’ room outside and courtyard designs. […]
Week 4: June 16th with Kate Harwood – The Garden Designers – Private gardens by Geoffrey Jellicoe, Brenda Colvin and Sylvia Crowe. Tickets for this individual lecture are available for £3.00 for HGT members and £6.00 for non-members via the Eventbrite link here Options for Attendees: You may purchase a ticket for the entire course […]