Events
OGT Summer visits are booking up fast – don’t delay if you wish to attend. The summer social details are now confirmed and the ‘party’ will start at 2 30pm at St Katherine’s Parmoor.
All lectures are online. Zoom links will be sent a few days before each lecture takes place; please enter the zoom ‘room’ by 5. 45pm, for lecture commencement at 6pm.
Registration for each talk will be EventCube: https://ogtevents.eventcube.io, or via OGT events page. Cost: £4 members (inc other GTs), £5 non-members.
Most lectures will be recorded and available for one week after the lecture. Booking will close at 4 00pm on the day of the lecture.
If an event should become fully booked, please contact felix.lam45@gmail.com to be put on a waiting list.
The OGT committee
Visit Thursday 23rd May – Trinity College Gardens, OX1 3BH
An informal walk around Trinity College, Oxford's famous gardens, focussing on recent developments which have updated the historic gardens and adopted more sustainable working practices. There have been gardens on this site for over 700 [...]
Visit Saturday 15th June – Milton’s Cottage, Chalfont St Giles, HP8 4JH
Milton’s Cottage is home to a unique literary garden, planted with trees, flowers and fruits that are referenced in his poetry. He himself was a keen botanist (the poet Emily Dickinson called him “The Great [...]
Visit Tuesday 10th September – Broughton Grange garden & aboretum OX15 5DS
The group will be met on arrival by the Head Gardener, and after a brief introductory talk, we will be free to explore the gardens at will. The history of this private garden dates back [...]
Saturday 20th July – OGT Summer Social at St Katherine’s Parmoor RG9 6NN
Social event at St. Katharine's, Parmoor, Frieth, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 6NN We invite you to a social event with Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Gardens Trusts, in the recently restored Walled Garden at St Katharine’s, a Retreat House [...]
Lecture Thursday 24th October – Kiftsgate Court: Three Generations of Women Gardeners
Vanessa Berridge's book about the history of Kiftsgate and its three generations of women gardeners, won the 2019 Garden Media Guild Book of the Year award. Vanessa studied English and History at the universities of [...]
Lecture Thursday 21st November – Threats to Historic Landscapes
The historic landscapes we all love are under pressure not just from development but also neglect, vandalism, change of use, misguided interventions, roads, climate change, and even legislation. Whilst that might sound gloomy there are [...]
News from our neighbours at Bucks Garden Trust – Spring and Summer visits
New Venue: Aylesbury Methodist Church & Centre - .Buckingham Street, Aylesbury HP20 2NQ. Parking: front of the venue limited & Coopers Yard car park next door. The venue has excellent facilities including lift to [...]
Events and lectures from other Gardens Trusts for the New Year 2024
The Gardens Trust Our online series in March We’re hosting a three-part series on Restoration in Action led by Yorkshire Gardens Trust, examining projects that cover four centuries of garden design and showcase the skills, [...]
Events and lectures from other organisations for summer 2024
Recommended by The National Art Pass Ten stunning gardens to visit this Spring Starting Wednesday January 10th - booking and more information here History of Gardens and Landscape Seminar, IHR: https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/history-gardens-and-landscape Also find a [...]