Becky Fincham, Head of Programmes at The Serge Hill Project and Tom Stuart-Smith Studio will describe how the Project has become a destination for gardeners, garden designers and plant lovers.
Owner of the Dower House in Derbyshire, gardener Griselda Kerr will share some of the pleasures and benefits of gardening.
Author and biographer Dr Catherine Horwood looks at the life of garden designer and historian Penelope Hobhouse, now in her late 90s and still gardening every day.
For February we’ll be exploring some of the scents and smells of the early Spring garden, as well as examining the medicinal heritage of some of our plants.
Join us and hear stories about the intrepid plant hunters who brought plants to the UK from around the world.
Nestled in the East Ridge and Furrow section of the Pavilions is Camellia japonica ‘Elegans’ a chance seedling selection of Camellia japonica ‘Anemoniflora’ made by Alfred Chandler at his nursery in Vauxhall London in 1832. In fact, Camellia japonica ‘Anemoniflora’ is growing next to ‘Elegans’.
For March we’ll be exploring the history of the Gardens. This tour is also part of the Festival of the Outdoors