Wentworth Castle and Wentworth Woodhouse: Georgian rivals united through 21st-century restoration and public access - Dr Patrick Eyres
Cost £6 - Book here: https://bookwhen.com/londongardenstrust/e/ev-s8iq-20201214180000
Pulhamite in London 1820-2020: How one man's rocky creation became the fashionable garden feature of the Victorian and Edwardian eras - Valerie Christman
Cost £6 - Book here: https://bookwhen.com/londongardenstrust/e/ev-svyz-20201130180000
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Nov 26, 2020 07:30 PM Ireland
Topic: Pyramids in Britain and Ireland
David Winpenny (Guest Lecturer )
David Winpenny is an experienced lecturer. He is the author of Up to a Point – In search of pyramids in Britain and Ireland
The only book about the pyramids in the British Isles – mausoleums, memorials, garden ornaments, pumps, wellheads, boat houses, beacons, sculptures, churches, offices, shops, sports halls, swimming pools, cinemas, navigation marks and general pyramidal oddities.
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K4ZExooiRjau-T9wydN4Gw
A lecture by Eoin Madigan about the Follies Trust's work on the conservation of the two pyramid tombs in Naas. This is an online event and you can obtain free admission by registering here: http://follies-trust.org/a-lecture-on-the-conservation-of-maudlins-pyramids-nass/
A tour by the Mausolea and Monuments Trust, led by Dr Amy Frost. Cost £10 for members, £15 for non-members.
A study day organized by the Birbeck Garden History History Group
The theme for the day will be the ever-intriguing subject of grottoes in garden history from classical times through the Italian Renaissance to their heyday in Britain of the 18th century, and will include a session on the problems and practicalities of their restoration.
Venue: Institute of Historical Research, Wolfson Room, North Block Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. (Nearest undergrounds are Russell Square and Goodge Street)
More chances to see inside Alexander Pope's intriguing and unique underground grotto. Open on 16th March; 18th May; 8th, 15th and 22nd June all at 10.30am to 12.30pm
This exhibition brings back some of Horace Walpole's original art collection that was dispersed in 1842 in a great sale.
