Category Archives: Talk

Thursday 15 October 2020 7:30pm-8:30pmThe inaugural Margaret Helme Memorial LectureThis event has now passed. Please contact admin@cambridgeshiregardenstrust.org for access to the YouTube recording, available for two weeks from broadcast. Title New light on Repton: unlocking a system of landscape design Abstract Humphry Repton is often characterized as a rather practical designer of gardens and parks,Continue reading “ZOOM Talk: Tom Williamson”

Saturday 7 November 2020 12:00noon-1:00pmFollows the AGM, starting at 11:30amEvent now closed Title Garden history in the making? The story of my garden. Abstract My partner and I have had a house in France for around 25 years, and for the last 10 have lived there for about half the year. We moved house inContinue reading “Zoom Talk: David Marsh”

Thursday 10 December 2020 11:00am-12:00noonCGT Christmas LectureEvent now closed Title How Roman garden design changed gardens forever and provided the seeds for our modern garden design Abstract This engaging talk invites us to view our own modern gardens with fresh eyes. As we explore the Romans’ innovative attitudes to plants and landscapes, we discover howContinue reading “Zoom Talk: Gillian Hovell”

Tuesday 3 December 2019 from 10:30am-12:30pm (Event now closed) The Secret Life of the Georgian Garden The CGT Christmas Lecture for 2019 will be given by Dr Kate Felus. Dr Felus is a garden historian and historic landscape consultant. She researches designed landscapes of all periods, but specialises particularly in 18th and early 19th centuryContinue reading “Christmas Lecture 2019”