Ancient Roots: how the Romans set the seeds for flowers, fables and features in our modern gardens
Join Gillian Hovell and discover how the ancient Romans set the seeds of the shape and uses of our modern gardens. Explore the truly ancient, vibrant and fascinating origins of our personal garden spaces and of the grandeur of public gardens. Find out why, if the Romans could have had ‘House and Garden’ magazines, they would have revelled in them! See gardens anew through ancient kitchen gardens, mythological stories, attitudes to wildlife and public parks that all still flourish in our green spaces. Then stroll through the gardens of Roman Pompeii, now blossoming with new insights.
Image: detail, a border of trees, palms and herbaceous plants from a wall painting in a Roman garden in the 1st century A.D. Wellcome Collection
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This ticket is for the entire course of 6 sessions. or you may purchase a ticket for individual sessions, costing £8 via the links below. [Gardens Trust members may purchase tickets at £31.50 for the series or £6 each talk].
Ticket sales close 4 hours before the first talk.
Attendees will be sent a Zoom link 2 days (and again a few hours) prior to the start of the first talk (If you do not receive this link please contact us), and a link to the recorded session will be sent shortly after each session and will be available for 1 week.
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Week 1. 13 February: How the Romans set the Seeds of Garden Design. First in a series of 6 online lectures, £8 each or all 6 for £42 (GT members £6 each or all for £31.50)
Week 2. 20 February: Of Cabbages and Kings - Roman Kitchen Gardens. Second in a series of 6 online lectures, £8 each or all 6 for £42 (GT members £6 each or all for £31.50)
Week 3. 27 February: Classical Stories growing in your Garden. Third in a series of 4 online lectures, £8 each or all 6 for £42 (GT members £6 each or all for £31.50)
Week 4. 5 March: Wildlife Gardens, the Roman Way. Fourth in a series of 4 online lectures, £8 each or all 6 for £42 (GT members £6 each or all for £31.50)
Week 5. 12 March: How the Romans invented Our Public Parks. Fifth in a series of 6 online lectures, £8 each or all 6 for £42 (GT members £6 each or all for £31.50)
Week 6. 19 March: Exploring the Gardens of Roman Pompeii. Last in a series of 6 online lectures, £8 each or all 6 for £42 (GT members £6 each or all for £31.50)
