TRUST EVENTS 2008/9
for tickets to all events telephone 01233 811611
or email mail@kentgardenstrust.org.uk
24th February 2009 7 p.m.
Lenham Village Hall, Near Maidstone, ME17 2QT
Light refreshments followed by
The Splendour of Japanese Gardens
Jack Wheeler is a member of the south eastern committee of the Japanese Gardens Society and we are fortunate that he has agreed to give a talk on the philosophy , development and history of Japanese gardens and their influence in western garden design.
25th March 2009 11 a.m.
Guided Tour of the Millenium Seed Bank
at Wakehurst Place
We have rescheduled this
visit and will arrange a coach if enough members request it. The Millenium Seed
Bank Project has set up a worldwide network for the conservation of seed from
the wild as insurance against the loss of species. Modern technology enables
seeds to be kept alive for hundreds of years. We shall be able to see behind
the scenes to understand how this is done.
Lunch is included and the
gardens at Wakehurst Place will be at their best
Numbers will be
limited to 20
15th May 2009 at 12.30pm
A Celebration of the Tunbridge Wells Historic Gardens Project
at Finchcocks Musical Museum Gaudhurst TN17 1HH
A lunch will be followed by talks on the Project and the need to protect the garden heritage of Kent with Greg
Clarke MP for Tunbridge Wells. The volunteers who have been working on the project are invited and there will be space for a small number of KGT members. Places limited apply soon.
1st July 2009 at 2.30pm
Visit to Godinton House Ashford TN23 3BP
This wonderful garden was the
first that Sir Reginald Blomfield designed in the formal style, a reaction
against the fashion for informal planting promoted by William Robinson. We
shall be able to see the original plans for the garden and Viv Hunt, the head
gardener will guide us round the garden when the delphiniums should be at their
best.
21st October 2009 10.30 a.m.
A celebration of Humphrey Repton at
Cobham Hall
Our speakers will be Tom
Wright and Stephen Daniels both experts on the great garden designer who worked
for so long at Cobham. Tom Wright who has been involved with the restoration of
the gardens at Cobham for many years will talk about Repton’s work there.
Stephen Daniels is Professor of Cultural Geography at Nottingham University and
wrote a magnificent account of Repton’s life and work in 1999 will talk on
Humphrey Repton and the Art of Landscape. Lunch is included.
3rd December 2009 7.00
Lenham Village Hall
Four thousand years in the making
of Sissinghurst
Tom Turner, Landscape Architect and Garden Historian
teaches at Greenwich University and is the author of many books including
Garden History – Philosophy & Design 2000 BC to 2000 AD will talk about the
garden at Sissinghurst and the origins of the ideas it represents.
Tickets can be obtained from
the Secretary
Tel. 01233 811611
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