EVENTS PROGRAMME 2011 – 2012
Hidden treasures, secrets revealed …
Discovering the history of Thorpe Hall gardens
Lecture by Jan Michalak
Saturday 19th November 2011
Widening Horizons: an island with a secret, Essex nurseryman Isaac Bunting in Japan
Lecture by Prue James
Saturday 25th February 2012
Arrival of Exotic Trees in England and the Impact on our Gardens
Lecture by Hugh Johnson
Monday 5th March 2012
Visit: The Place for Plants, East Bergholt
Guided tour around the gardens with owner Rupert Eley
Tuesday 17 April 2012 Advance booking required for this event.
Warley Place: the history of a garden that is now a Nature Reserve
Lecture by Olive Baldwin and Thelma Wilson
Wednesday 9 May 2012
Visit: Beeleigh Abbey, Maldon
Guided tour around the gardens with gardener Chris Cork
Tuesday 3rd July 2012
Sorry, now fully booked.
For bookings: send your cheque, made payable to Essex Gardens Trust, to Michele Freeman, Dorma, 36 Chitts Hill, Lexden, Colchester, Essex, CO3 9ST
Enquiries: 01206 560557
Past events have included in 2010
Give the Guests a Good Soaking: use of water in italian gardens Helena Attlee
Chippenham Park, Cambs. Tour around the water gardens with owner Anne Crawley
Water in the Orient: from cracked ice to Monet’s water lilies Dr Jill Raggett
Dowsing: - a controversial tool for the garden researcher Dr Clive Beale
Reflecting on Great Landscapes the use of water in medieval residences Dr Robert Liddiard
Marks Hall, Coggeshall Garden Visit With Curator Jonathan Jukes
Recreating Eden or Landscaping with Llamas Dr. Twigs Way
Warrens Professor Tom Williamson of University of East Anglia
The Point of Grass John Phibbs
