There are various organisations offering lectures and talks, many of which are online or hybrid events, but an increasing number are also now being advertised as face-to-face events. Some of the key delivery organisations are listed below.
Our monthly Lectures Calendar No.44 includes lectures on offer from The Gardens Trust and several county Garden Trusts up to the end of May. Not in the Calendar, but also In May are the following talks/lectures:
Tuesday 12 May GT - Crisis in Historic Parks and Gardens: Session 1
Tuesday 26 May GT - Crisis in Historic Parks and Gardens - Session 2
Also available for booking are 2 talks from Oxfordshire Gardens Trust this coming autumn:
Thursday 15 October: Jane Austen and the English Landscape Garden
Thursday 19 November: Mistletoe, Magic, Myths and Mysteries
THE GARDEN HISTORIANS
See our COURSES page for details of The Garden Historians latest course
THE INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON: History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes SEMINARS
The History of Gardens and Landscapes Seminar provides a forum for historians and researchers, artists, practioners and interested members of the public to explore and discuss issues related to the history, use and meaning of gardens and the designed landscape and their importance in the public realm today.
War and Peace: Early Eighteenth Century 'Personalizsd' Military Gardens - 11 June 18.00 -1930 at the IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU OR online via Zoom
Seminars are free to attend but booking is essential.All seminars take place on Thursdays from 18.00 and are a mixture of online and hybrid events.
Also at the IHR, and part of the IHR British History in the 17th Century series, but relevant to those interested in Garden History is a seminar on the topic of “Cultivating a political landscape: garden statuary, horticultural symbolism and the Revolution monarchy”. A hybrid event, at Senate Hosue or online via Zoom, the seminar will take place from 17.30 -19.00 on Thursday 28 May. Booking via the link above.
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY (RHS)
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THE WI LEARNING HUB
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THE GARDEN MUSEUM
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COUNTY GARDEN TRUSTS
In additon to these there are many County Gardens Trusts and other institutions offering occasional lectures: these will be found in our Lectures Calendar above which shows all the lectures BGHG is aware of from a wide variety of sources.. Other organisations offering occasional or regular lectures and talks include The Georgian Group, The Victorian Society and the Linnean Society. Whilst some lectures will be restricted to their members, others will be open to all.