A lecture: “ The English Landscape Garden: Dreaming of Arcadia .”

by Tim Richardson

Date: Monday March 24th 2025 Time: 11.00am (10.30am for coffee)

Cost: £15 (to include coffee and biscuits ). Tickets may be bought at the door. Open to non members.
Venue: Minterne House , Minterne Magna, DT2 7AU Facilities: Ample parking opposite the main gate. Disabled parking in front of house. WC. No dogs. Wheelchair access.

Tim Richardson is a landscape historian and critic who is the author of more than 20 books on the subject; the latest being the subject of this lecture. He has been gardens editor at Country Life and a regular columnist in the Daily Telegraph. 

Tim will describe the evolution of the English landscape garden across the 18th century by means of ten exemplary gardens, from Castle Howard to Stowe to Painshill. His method is biographical, given that gardens of this period were often expressions of the personalities and beliefs of the people who made them.