IHR seminars > History of Gardens and Landscapes

History of Gardens and Landscapes

Convenors: Dr Janet Waymark (Birkbeck)

Venue: Wolfson Room, IHR

Time: Friday, 5.30pm
Spring Term 2010
5 February Dr Anne Wilkinson
Shirley Hibberd - Gardening for Amateurs
19 February Dr Sarah Dewis
John Loudon, Jane Webb Loudon and the Gardening Press
19 March Dr Jane Bradney
The Villa Garden, 1790-c1870

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Summer Term 2010
23 April Michael Symes (Birkbeck College)
Is there such a thing as a Gothic Garden?
7 May Professor Stephen Daniels (University of Nottingham)
Parks and Gardens in the Art of Paul Sandby, 1760-1800
21 May Suzannah Fleming, (The Temple Trust)
The New Spring Gardens: a Patriot Elysium at Vauxhall 1732-1751
4 June Dr David Marsh (Birkbeck College)
Fit for a queen: creating and maintaining the London gardens of Catherine of Braganza
18 June Dr Valentina Pugliano (Oxford University)
Medicinal apothecaries and gardens in Venice and London in the 16th century

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