Events

We have a full programme of Events throughout the year: Lectures, Seminars, Garden Visits and Study Tours (both at home and abroad), as well as our Annual Summer Garden Party and AGM & Conference, at a different venue each year. New events are added throughout the year.

Please use the Calendar below to find an Event:
there is a full listing under the Calendar which leads through to the full programme and booking details for each Event.

Download a summary listing of Events for 2012

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Gardening on the Edge: Ireland’s Coastal Gardens and Demesnes

[ February 8, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
GHS Winter Lecture
Terence Reeves-Smyth, Senior Inspector of Built Heritage with the Environment and Heritage Service, Ireland


The Way Forward: Gardening is Happiness

[ February 15, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
10th Annual GHS Lecture at the RHS
Elizabeth Banks, President of The Royal Horticultural Society


Orchids: the Epitome of the Exotic

[ February 29, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
GHS Winter Lecture
Christopher Bailes, Curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden


An Historical Garden between Landscape and Architecture

[ March 14, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
GHS Winter Lecture
Francesco Alberti La Marmora, Landscape Section of Biella’s Observatory for Cultural Heritage and Landscape


Study Day on John Evelyn and the Sayes Court site

[ April 25, 2012; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. ]
Study Day on John Evelyn and the Sayes Court site
at the Linnean Society, London, and Deptford


Study Day at Studley Royal

[ May 3, 2012; 9:45 am to 4:30 pm. ]
Study Day at Studley Royal
in association with the AGT, Yorks GT & NT


GHS Annual Summer Garden Party

[ May 15, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
GHS Annual Summer Garden Party


Gardens and Literature: Rewley House Weekend Conference

[ May 25, 2012 10:00 am to May 27, 2012 4:00 pm. ]
Gardens and Literature
Rewley House Weekend Conference


Study Tour of Gardens in Bohemia and Moravia

[ May 26, 2012 12:00 pm to June 2, 2012 12:00 pm. ] Study Tour of Gardens in Bohemia and Moravia
with Friends of Czech Historic Buildings, Gardens and Parks


AGM & Summer Conference 2012: Reading

[ July 13, 2012 10:00 am to July 15, 2012 4:00 pm. ]
AGM & Summer Conference 2012
at the University of Reading


Study day at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

[ September 21, 2012; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Study day at Yorkshire Sculpture Park:
Bretton Hall estate, C18–C21


Study Tour to the Landscapes of California

[ April 10, 2013 to April 20, 2013. ]
Study Tour to the Landscapes of California
Please note the revised dates are unconfirmed at present…