Members’ Forum
This is a “Latest News” page, where members will be able to list details of talks, garden openings, events and similar acitivities that they feel would be of interest to others. If any member would like to add such details, please contact Mary ter Braak on info@somersetgardenstrust.org.uk
Please find below details of postings received so far:
The Garden History Society Winter Lecture Series
February to March 2010
Please click on the link to download details of the Society’s Winter Lecture Series
6th March 2010 Alan Power: Stourhead Gardens Alan Power is Head Gardener of the magnificent Stourhead estate in Wiltshire and is gardens advisor for the Wessex arm of the National Trust. He has been interviewed on the BBC’s Radio Wiltshire and Radio 4’s PM and has advised on gardening in the Daily Telegraph. He will give a brief introduction to historical conservation and management of the landscape at Stourhead.
For more information, visit the Frome Society for Local Study website – http://www.fsls.org.uk/
6 – 8 August 2010, Wentworth Castle, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
“Jacobites and Tories, Whigs and True Whigs: Political Gardening in Britain c. 1700 – c. 1760″
The Wentworth Castle Heritage Trust (www.wentworthcastle.org) has restored the architectural and landscape fabric of the 500 acre estate that was created by the Tory/Jacobite Earl of Strafford, assisted by the Jacobite architect James Gibbs.
Within the mansion’s Georgian splendour you will be fed and watered and enjoy the 11 speakers discussing the ways that country estate symbolism distinguished the warring factions of British politics. Through site tours you will also explore the Jacobite features of the mansion, gardens and park.
For further information, including residential and non-residential options, contact Dr Patrick Eyres – patrickjeyres@googlemail.com tel: 0113 230 4608.