Events
We are delighted to confirm the OGT AGM and four autumn lectures. All events are booked through Eventcube, a link is available on every event page.
NEXT EVENT
AGM: Friday 24th September 5 00 – 6 30pm via Zoom
If any event should need to be cancelled for Covid or other reasons, all tickets will be refundable.
AUTUMN TALKS; All lectures are online. Zoom links will be sent just before each lecture takes place; please enter the zoom ‘room’ by 5.50pm, for lecture at 6pm.
Register for each talk on EventCube: https://ogtevents.eventcube.io, £4 members [inc other GT], £5 non-members.
We are please to announce the following lectures:
Thursday 30th September 6 00pm: Capability Brown at Radley: Rediscovering a lost landscape
Thursday 21st October 600pm: Flora Domestica: A Social History of Indoor Pot Plants
Thursday 18th November 6 00pm: 20th Gardens and Landscapes
Thursday 2nd December 6 00pm: Birds in our Gardens and Landscapes: a seasonal selection of Poetry and Prose
With best wishes hoping for your continued good health.
The OGT committee.
Lecture: Capability Brown at Radley – Rediscovering a lost landscape
Thursday 30 September, 6pm. Zoom lecture In 1770 Sir William Stonhouse of Radley Hall paid Capability Brown £672. In 1847, the founders of Radley College chose the site because of the beauty of its landscape [...]
Flora Domestica: A Social History of Indoor Pot Plants
Thursday 21 October, 6pm House plants were once a status symbol of wealth and power. Over the centuries they have been the victors and victims of changing fashions as new introductions have arrived from [...]
20th Century Gardens and Landscapes
Thursday 18 November, 6pm The gardens of the 20th century are only now starting to receive the recognition they deserve, with relatively few listed on the Register of Parks and Gardens and many already [...]
Garden Archaeology taster sessions with Stephen Wass
An opportunity to get out in the fresh air and get your hands dirty! Learn about research, hands on archaeology, recording and storing finds. Sessions at Enstone, Hanwell and Stowe. Contact Stephen direct for [...]
September: The Gardens Trust and other GTs
The Gardens Trust 3-5 September 2021: Annual Conference of Garden Trusts, Richmond, North Yorkshire. More information here 27-28 September 2021: Artists and the garden: New Perspectives Conference. More information here TGT Online lectures Gardens [...]
September: lectures, visits and exhibitions from other organisations
Berkshire Garden Trust 19 September 2021: Public Parks - The Paradise of Victorian Innovation. 2 00pm via Zoom, tickets £5. More information here Exhibitions that may be of interest to members The Nature of [...]