Events and Outings
Recent visits to gardens for Members have included:
Fermyn Woods Hall in Northamptonshire, Rousham Gardens in Bicester, Pettifers at Banbury, Chippenham Park near Newmarket, Great Comp in Sevenoaks, Squerryes Cout in Westerham, The Priory Stoke by Nayland and Hemingham Hall in Suffolk, Kingston Bagpuize House in Abingdon, The Old Rectory at Farnborough, Vann and Loseley Park in Surrey, West Green House and the Manor House, Upton Grey in Hants and Titsey place Oxted and Edenbridge House in Surrey.
Fundraising musical evenings:
An Evening of Flanders and Swann at Gorhambury
Lectures are held twice a year – at Ashridge near Berkhamsted and at Haileybury near Hertford with some exceptionally distinguished speakers :-
Richard Wheeler, Curator of Gardens and Parks, National Trust , "Emblems in arcadia - Whig Iconography in 18th Century English Gardens"
Jane Roberts, Librarian and Curator of the Print Room, The Royal Collection Windsor Castle, "Royal Landscape: The History of the Royal Parks at Windsor"
Dr. Peter Burman, Director of Conservation & Property Services, The National Trust for Scotland, "New Art, Old Landscapes. The Role of Contemporary Craftsmanship in Historic Gardens and Designed Landscapes"
James Bolton, Garden Designer and Historian, "From the Picturesque to Paxton: The Changing Style of Gardens in the early 19th Century"
Tom Stuart-Smith, Award winning Landscape Architect (six times gold winner at Chelsea and designer of the Queen's Jubilee Garden at Windsor Castle, "New Gardens Historic Landscapes. Articulating between old and new with inspiration from music, cell biology and cultural history to create new gardens that are contextual and modern"