After a careful discussion we have agreed with our speaker that it would be best to postpone her talk on The Hidden Horticulturists. We believe it is a wise precaution to avoid infection while the nature and rate of the spread of Corona Virus is unpredictable.
This means that we will not have a B&CLHS meeting on 16 March. We are sorry to disappoint members and others who were planning to come along but we hope to reschedule the talk as part of our future programme.
7.30pm, Monday 16 March 2020
POSTPONED TO 19 OCTOBER 2020
at the Chiswick Memorial Club,
Bourne Place, London W4 2EL
Fiona Davison, Head of RHS Libraries & Exhibitions and author of the award-winning book of the same title, presents an illustrated account of her research. The young men who trained at the Horticultural Society’s Chiswick garden grounds in the 1820s wrote brief notes about themselves in an exercise book. Using these, Fiona Davison has traced the stories of some of these gardeners, revealing their careers from grand estates to suburban gardens, their success and failures (and even crimes), as well as following their connections across the world.
7.30pm, Monday 17 February 2020
at the Chiswick Memorial Club,
Bourne Place, London W4 2EL
A presentation and discussion with John Collins, Heritage Manager, and Elizabeth Bryan, Learning & Engagement Officer, about the new learning studio, the re-designed garden and the preparations for re-opening later in 2020
