Afternoon Lecture Sir Roderick Floud on “Water, Fire, Light and Air: What Garden Technology has done for us”, followed by a full English tea

Sunday 19th April 2025 2.00pm

Hoby Village Hall (LE14 3DT)

(Please do not park in the pub car park)

Image: Archer Pavilion, Wrest Park

Sir Roderick Floud, author of An Economic History of the English Garden, who spoke to us last year on “Paying for the great gardens 1600 -1800” , will this year talk about what the money was used for, particularly the lakes, the garden buildings such as greenhouses, conservatories and temples, and the building techniques which were developed to make them. Together they changed the face of England and the ways in which we all live.

Sir Roderick has taught at the Universities of Cambridge, London and Stanford, has written or edited over seventy books and articles, and is a long-standing editor of the Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain

“Roderick Floud’s ground-breaking study of the history, money, places and personalities involved in British gardens over the past 350 years gives a fascinating insight into why gardening is part of this country’s soul.” Michael Heseltine Deputy Prime Minister (1996-1997)

After the lecture we will serve the famous Hoby afternoon tea, with sandwiches, scones and cakes. There will also be an opportunity to visit Steve and Diane Horsfield’s garden.

If you can make a cake for the tea, please let Alison 07425138814 know. It is important to tell her, so we don’t have too many or too few.

Cost: Friends £16.50, and Guests £18.00

Please book, online or by post, by Wednesday April 1st

To book and pay online:

Email the following to Fliss at flisshector@gmail.com

Hoby Lecture and Tea, Sunday 18^th April 2026

Please reserve places for …. Friends @£16.50 …. Guests @£18.00

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Pay by bank transfer to Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust 30-18-69

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