News from Other Gardens Trusts

THE GARDEN HISTORY SOCIETY

The GHS Winter 2012 Lecture Series has the theme of ‘internationalism’ to mark the year of the London Olympics. A summary of the lectures is as follows:

1 February – Kath Clark, Crossing the Pond: the 18th Century Anglo-American Seed and Plant Exchange

8 February – Terence Reeves-Smyth, Gardening on the Edge: Ireland’s Coastal Gardens and Demesnes

15 February – 10^th Annual GHS Lecture at the RHS. Elizabeth Banks, The Way Forward: Gardening is Happiness

29 February – Christopher Bailes, Orchids: the Epitome of the Exotic

14 March – Francesco Alberti La Marmora, An Historical Garden between Landscape and Architecture

For more information and details of how to book, you can download the GHS 2012 Winter Lectures information leaflet.

OPEN GARDEN SQUARES WEEKEND – 9 & 10 JUNE 2012
Organised by the London Parks and Gardens Trust, the weekend will take place immediately after the extended Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday on Saturday and Sunday, 9 & 10 June. For the first time, the event will be in association with the National Trust.
Around 200 communal gardens, many that are not usually open to the public, will be taking part ranging from the historic to the traditional through to roof gardens and allotments. Among the new gardens for 2012 and highly appropriate for the Diamond Jubilee year is the Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden on the Southbank.

For more information please click on this Press Release Open Garden Squares Weekend