The Association of Gardens Trusts
the national charity representing the 36 County Gardens Trusts in the care and conservation of
the historic designed landscape
The Co-ordinator,
Registered Office:
Association of Gardens Trusts,
70, Cowcross Street,
London, EC1M 6EJ
Telephone
020 7251 2610
email
Registered Charity No 1089258.
A Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England and Wales No. 3985370.
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Wednesday 3rd February, 6.30pm, The Gallery Cowcross Street,
GHS Lecture by Michael Walker, Trentham Gardens Manager:
The Trentham Estate: A Contemporary Revival 
Wednesday 10th February, 6.30pm, The Gallery Cowcross Street,
GHS Lecture by Katie Campbell, writer and garden historian
Paradise of Exiles: The Anglo-Florentine Garden
Wednesday 17th February 8th, 6.30pm, GHS Annual Lecture at the RHS Halls and Conference Centre
The Temptations of Using Archaeology in Historic Gardens
Brian Dix, International Garden Archaeologist
Thursday, 18 February 2010 Oxford Gardens Trust Winter Lecture
Recent Excavations at Ascott Park: John Steane will talk about last summer's archaeological dig,
and what it revealed about the lost house and landscape of the Dormer family.
March 2010
Wednesday 3rd March, 6.30pm, The Gallery, Cowcross Street
GHS lecture: Affliction Brightened by Hope: The Evolution of the English Cemetery Landscape
Jonathan Lovie, Historic Landscape Consultant and
GHS Principal Conservation Officer
Wednesday 10th March, 6.30pm, The Gallery, Cowcross Street
GHS lecture: Discovering Gilbert White’s Garden
David Standing, Head Gardener, Gibert White’s Garden
11th March South West Region Annual Education Meeting Hosted by Somerset Gardens Trust
at Hestercombe Garden Taunton.
Contact Eileen Meiklejohn (01278 722319) demeiklejohn@yahoo.co.uk
17th March South East Educaton Meeting hosted by Surrey Gardens Trust to be held at Painshill Park
Details from Lady Jill Leggatt.
Thursday 18th March Oxford Gardens Trust Spring Lecture
Repton and Loudon and the designed landscape of the Great Tew Estate: Rob Parkinson will talk about the early-nineteenth century layout and J C Loudon's model farm experiment.
To be followed by a site visit in April.
May 2010
Polly Tours to the Gardens of Veneto 11 - 17 May
!2th May The Avon Gardens Trust & The Association of Gardens Trusts
present A Study Day at Tyntesfield, North Somerset
June 2010
Polly Tours to Unknown Umbria 2 - 7 June
June 12th & 13th London Parks and Gardens Trust Open Garden Squares Weekend
24th and 25th June Painshill Park Surrey
Painshill Park and Beyond: The Future of the 18th Century Landscape Restoration 
27th June The Dorset Gardens Trust Garden Day at Chideock Manor Bridport
September 2010
Polly Tours to the Gardens Around Siena 14 - 18 September
October 2010
October 1st - 4th AGM and Weekend Conference hosted by the Isle of Wight Gardens Trust