This lecture celebrates India’s garden heritage. From exquisite Rajput palace gardens to Mughal pleasure grounds; from botanical gardens to folk art displays; and from imperial designs by British architect Edwin Lutyens to stark modernism by Le Corbusier, Jill will take us round the highlights of five centuries of garden-making across India.
As well as being a Friend of the Botanical Gardens, Jill is a Harvard-trained landscape historian who has lived and worked in India. She is a trustee of the Historic Gardens Foundation and teaches garden history online for the University of Oxford. A current project is supplying entries on Indian gardens for a forthcoming Dorling Kindersley book on Gardens of the World.
