Events

Norfolk Gardens Trust

Saturday October 18th

Garden Design Day

A special all day event.

Garden Visits

Norfolk Gardens not normally shown to the general public can be exclusively visited, or Gardens which may be open occasionally are open especially for Trust Members only, making for a more relaxed and less crowded visit. This is a splendid way to see the very best, and often the very latest, of the Garden making in the county. Selected Gardens in our neighbouring counties of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire are sometimes included. Needless to say, afternoon visits always conclude with delicious tea and cakes.

Talks

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The renowned Garden Designers Xa Tollemache, Arne Maynard and George Carter come together to present the ideas and thinking behind their designs in a Forum on Garden Design. How do they approach adding a garden to an historic setting? What is their approach to contemporary design? These and many other topics will be explored. Add your views to theirs as a Question & Answer session rounds off the day.

John Innes Centre 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Wednesday November 12th

Imperial Mogul Gardens

An illustrated talk by Lady Wade-Gery

The Taj Mahal and its setting is famous to millions the world over; this talk will show that it is only one of many surviving spectacular Imperial gardens constructed between 1522-1700. Recent research throws new light on the garden’s Persian and Central Asia origins, on their religious and philosophical ideas, and their varied uses and plantings.

John Innes Centre 7.30 p.m.

Wednesday January 14th 2009

The late 17th Century Gardens of Shaw House, near Newbury

An illustrated talk by Scilla Latham

Following the destruction of earlier gardens, not least as a result of the Civil war, spectacular new gardens were laid out at Shaw House towards the end of the 17th century. Today only a fragment remains. Recent research highlights what was once there and the talk focuses on formal gardens in general after the Restoration.

The Assembly House 7.30 p.m.

Gardens visits in 2008:

Anniversary Celebration at Salle Park

AGM at Narborough Hall

The Gardens of Oulton Hall

Corpusty Mill Garden

The Gardens of Yaxham Park