The Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Rd., London SE1 7LB
Exhibition: Lost Gardens of London
Did you know that Southwark once had a zoo? That for a short spell Britain’s first ecological park was built within a stone’s throw of Tower Bridge? Or that one of the capital’s most celebrated botanical gardens now lies beneath the platforms of Waterloo station? Our next exhibition Lost Gardens of London will reveal the secret history of some of London’s most beguiling forgotten gardens.
Thousands of gardens have vanished across London over the past five hundred years – ranging from princely pleasure grounds and private botanical gardens, to humble allotments and defunct squares, artists’ gardens, eccentric private menageries and the ecological parks of the twentieth century. Guest curated by landscape architect and historian Dr Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, Lost Gardens of London will explore this legacy and reveal tantalising glimpses of some of the rich and varied gardens that once embellished the metropolis.
Lost Gardens of London coincides with a new book by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan of the same name, to be published by the Modern Art Press (and distributed by Yale University Press) in October 2024.
23 October 2024 – 2 March 2025
Friends go free
Institute of Historical Research (IHR). History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
Autumn 2024 – Winter 2025 programme
Dr Rebecca Armstrong: St Hilda’s College, Oxford. A Roman’s Garden of Verses: Beauty, Utility, and the Compromises of Cultivation
10th October 2024, 6pm, on Zoom
India Cole, Queen Mary, University of London and Oxford Botanic Garden. Sowing the Seeds of Exchange: The Duchess of Beaufort’s Botanical Networks
24th October 2024, 6pm, Wolfson NB01, IHR, and on Zoom
Dr Nicolas Roth: Fine Arts Library, Harvard. A Defining Pair: Jasmine and Roses in the Literature of the Early Modern Persianate World
7th November 2024, 6pm, on Zoom
Dr Duygu Yildirim: University of Tennessee, Documenting Ottoman Plants: The Unseen Work of the Translator
21st November 2024, 6pm, on Zoom
Dr Teresa Fitzpatrick: Manchester Metropolitan University, Killer Plants and Gothic Gardeners: Eco-Femmes Fatales of the Long Nineteenth Century – a Female ecoGothic Approach
5th December 2024, 6pm, on Zoom
Seminars are free and open to all. For more information, visit our page on the IHR website. Or contact us at gardenhistory.ihr@gmail.com
Link below to the first lecture,Dr Brent Ellliot, 26th Sept
https://www.history.ac.uk/seminar/history-gardens-and-designed-landscapes
The Historic Buildings Parks & Gardens Event (HBPGE) 2024
Tuesday 12th November 2024 9 00am – 5 00pm
The QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE
Further information and details here
We are delighted to invite you to join us for our very special HBPGE 2024 event which is free to attend and held annually in parallel with the Historic Houses AGM.
Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum
Harcourt Arboretum Autumn Fair
Saturday 19 October 2024 from 10:00, last entry 16:00
This year’s Autumn Fair celebrates the work of the Arboretum.
Our beekeeper, Mo Leen, will talk about the importance of the Harcourt honey hives and there will be a birds of prey display in the meadow.
Find out about woodland management with live demonstrations from our arborist team, follow trails to discover rare and endangered trees in our collection from around the world, and join in with hands-on crafts hosted by our partners and education team.
2024 Autumn Science Lectures
OBGA is delighted to once again bring you five free online lectures from distinguished speakers, this year on the topic of plants and medicine.
Thursdays, 19:00 – 20:00.
Please note booking is required to access the lectures.
10 October
Plants and Medicine with Prof Julie Hawkins
24 October
Plants, Potion & Skin with Dr Sue Burge OBE
7 November
From mulberry to rare diseases: a scientific journey with Prof Frances Platt
21 November
An Autumn Science Lecture with Prof John Geddes
5 December
The Historical and Cultural Importance of Plants Mentioned in the Qur’an
with Dr Shahina Ghazanfar
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The Alpine Garden Society has a programme of events, zoom lectures, seed exchanges and regional groups
The Cottage Garden Society has a North Oxford Group
The Oxford Special Interest Group The Oxfordshire Flora Group specialising in plant identification meetings