Here are this year’s events – those at the top are organised by the Folly Fellowship, and those in the second block are events by other organizations that may be of interest.

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Lost Gardens of London -Private View

Date: January 31, 2025
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
As you may know, there is currently an excellent exhibition at the Garden Museum, Lambeth 
on the subject of Lost Gardens of London. The show is curated by Todd Longstaffe Gowan, 
whose book of the same name accompanies the exhibition.   
The Folly Fellowship has sponsored one of the exhibits – the Tortoise Grotto which once 
stood in the grounds of the Surrey Zoological Gardens, and many more garden features can 
be seen in the show. Folly Fellowship members are invited to a Private View from 5pm to 
7pm  on Friday, 31st January, 2025. In addition to visiting this fascinating show, members 
can view the rest of the museum’s growing collection. 
Wine and soft drinks will be served, and this will be a chance to chat to your fellow members 
in the lovely surroundings of the museum. If you are not familiar with the Garden Museum it 
is housed in the redundant church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, and the grounds are home to the 
burial place of John Tradescant, the gardener who brought rare plants back from his 
international travels in the early 17th century. The museum explores and celebrates the art, 
history and design of British gardens, and their place in our lives today. 
https://gardenmuseum.org.uk 
Tickets are £15 per person to include wine and soft drinks and guests are very welcome. In 
fact, this is the perfect opportunity to introduce a friend to our work.



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Wild West of Somerset

Date: June 21, 2025
Time: 00:00 - 00:00
Location: Somerset

Long-time Folly Fellow Belinda Eade will be welcoming us to see her shell house and grotto at Milverton Court. Other delights included the Ugliest Folly in Somerset, Fyne Court and Willett Tower.

Garden Party +

Start date: August 8, 2025 - End date: August 9, 2025
Time: 00:00 - 00:00
Location: North Wales

2025’s garden party will take place at Portmeirion in North Wales. In addition there will be an additional day on the 8th where we will visit another of Clough Williams Ellis’s major works at Nantclwyd Hall and possibly the garden and folly at his home at Plas Brondanw. Full details next year, but for now, make space in your diaries.

Talks and events by organizations other than the Folly Fellowship

Exhibition: The Lost Gardens of London: Surrey Zoological gardens

Start date: October 23, 2024 - End date: March 2, 2025
Time: 00:00 - 00:00
Location: London
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An exhibition by the Garden Museum which runs from October 23rd 2024 until March 2nd 2025