Date/Time
Date(s) - 21/04/2024
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Hoby & District Village Hall
Sunday Afternoon Lecture and Tea 21st April 2024 2.00pm
Hoby Village Hall (LE14 3DT)
(Please do not park in the pub car park)
Tim Richardson became interested in landscape Gardens twenty years ago while studying eighteenth century poetry at Oxford. It was then that he became enthralled by gardens such as Stowe, Stourhead and Rousham. He has researched and written about these gardens as a journalist and historian, first as gardens editor at Country Life and then as a freelance writer for newspapers such as The Guardian and magazines such as Gardens Illustrated. He is the author of several books on gardens including The Arcadian Friends, published in 20O7.
Between 1715 and 1750 a group of politicians and poets, farmers and businessmen, heiresses and landowners began to experiment with the phenomenon which was to become the English Landscape Garden. This idealised view of nature on country house estates was inspired by the paintings of Claude Lorrain. Arguably the only truly British art form ever invented, these gardens were built to charm, delight and inspire all who visited. These gardens including Stow and Stourhead are still very popular today and are a testament to the innovation of a group of eccentrics and visionaries.
Recently, Tim has been taking a second look at the landscape which together with Arcadian Friends will be the basis for his lecture. You will remember that he came to the same event several years ago when his subject was based on his book on Oxford College gardens.
After the lecture we will serve the famous Hoby afternoon tea with sandwiches, scones, cakes and tea. There will also be an opportunity to visit Steve and Diane Horsfield’s garden.
If you can make a cake for the tea, please contact Elizabeth (01162705711). It is important to let her know so we don’t have too many or too few.
Cost: Friends £15.00 and Guests £16.50
For further information on this event, contact Elizabeth on 01162705711
If it’s necessary to make contact on the day of a visit: Fliss 07788644887 or Deb 07721855285
Please book, online or by post, by Wednesday 10th April 2024 at the latest.
To book and pay online:
Email the following to Fliss at flisshector@gmail.com
Hoby Lecture and Tea, Sunday 21st April 2024
Please reserve places for …. Friends @ £15.00 ..… Guests @ £16.50
Total £…………. (Paid by bank transfer)
Special dietary requirements …………………………………………………………………………..
Pay by bank transfer to Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust 30-18-69 00033098
Reference: TEA followed by your surname