Garden Museum

The Garden Museum aims to be the country's leading venue for events and exhibitions on gardens and garden design. Our innovative programme of reflects the vibrant history of gardening.

Since we re-opened in November 2008, Garden Museum visitors have enjoyed talks from influential designers, including Tom Stuart-Smith and Dan Pearson; exhibitions on Beth Chatto and the Highgrove Florilegium; the chance to buy plants from the country's best nurseries at our Plant Fairs; and talks on some of the world's best gardens, including Jardin Plume.

Details of the events in our autumn programme are below

Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 September, Sat 10.30am—4pm Sun 10.30am—5pm
Topiary Weekend
Our first ever Topiary Fair, in partnership with the European Boxwood and Topiary Society. A range of exhibitors will sell topiary and related goods and there will be a series of talks and workshops each day.
Included in Museum Admission*

Tuesday 28 September, 6.30pm for 7pm
Braam van Wyk
Plants of South Africa's Highveld
Prof. Braam van Wyk, one of South Africa’s leading botanists will be visiting the Museum this September to talk on the beauty and ecology of South Africa’s stunning Highveld Grasslands. Braam’s childhood interest in ecology and plants in particular, led him to become a professor of botany at the University of Pretoria. He has written numerous books and articles on this unique landscape and is considered the leading authority on Highveld plants in the world. His book“Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Highveld” is viewed by many as the ‘bible’ for identifying flowering plants in that landscape.
Tickets £20 / £15 Museum Friends
Please book online at gardenmuseum.eventbrite.com or call 020 7401 8865

Thursday 7 October, 6.30pm for 7pm
Growing Dutch
An evening of talks with a Dutch theme, hosted by the International National Trusts Organisation. Jeanine Perryck of the Gelderland Trust will talk about the Trust’s gardens and Mike Calnan, the National Trust’s Head of Gardens will talk about Dutch influences on National Trust gardens.
Tickets £15 / £10 Museum Friends & National Trust members
Please book online at gardenmuseum.eventbrite.com or call 020 7401 8865

Tuesday 12 October, 6.30pm for 7pm
Hugh Johnson
Trees: A Lifetime's Journey Through Forests, Woods and Gardens
To mark the publication of his new book Trees, renowned writer, gardener and dendrologist Hugh Johnson will talk his audience through his lifetime's experience with trees.
Tickets £20 / £15 Museum Friends
Please book online at gardenmuseum.eventbrite.com or call 020 7401 8865

Wednesday 20 October, 6.30pm for 7pm
Garden of the Year 2009: Howick Hall
Lord Howick visits the Museum to talk about the arboretum he has planted at his ancestral home, Howick Hall, in Northumberland. The arboretum is a unique personal achievement, grown from seed collected on his travels across the world. It was chosen as Gardens Illustrated Garden of the Year in 2009.
Tickets £20 / £15 Museum Friends
Please book online at gardenmuseum.eventbrite.com or call 020 7401 8865

Wednesday 27 October, 6.30pm for 7pm
Going Dutch: Piet Oudolf & Jacqueline van der Kloet
Prominent Dutch gardeners Piet and Jacqueline will discuss their individual styles and how to combine bulbs and perennials in stunning planting schemes.
Sponsored by the International Flower Bulb Centre
Tickets £20 / £15 Museum Friends
Please book online at gardenmuseum.eventbrite.com or call 020 7401 8865

Thursday 28 October, 12.30pm for 1pm
Going Dutch: Jacqueline van der Kloet & Tania Compton
Jacqueline talks to Tania Compton about her favourite bulbs and how to use them in new ways for your garden.
Lunch at the Garden Cafe is included in the ticket price.
Sponsored by the International Flower Bulb Centre
Tickets £25 / £20 Museum Friends
Please book online at gardenmuseum.eventbrite.com or call 020 7401 8865

Thursday 28 October, 6.30pm fpr 7pm
Going Dutch: Piet Oudolf & Tom Stuart Smith
Two of the world’s foremost planting and garden designers talk about working together on the iconic gardens at Trentham Park, the relationship between British and Dutch gardening and what they have learned from each other.
Sponsored by the International Flower Bulb Centre
Tickets £20 / £15 Museum Friends
Please book online at gardenmuseum.eventbrite.com or call 020 7401 8865

Monday 1 November, 10am - 5pm
Bulbs not Bollards
A day long symposium looking at the use of bulbs in large planting schemes: including public spaces and sustainable planting. Speakers include Noel Kingsbury, Jane Knight (landscape architect at the Eden project) and “Landscape Man” Matthew Wilson.
Sponsored by the International Flower Bulb Centre
Tickets £70 / £50 Museum Friends & Landscape Institute Members
Please book online at gardenmuseum.eventbrite.com or call 020 7401 8865

Wednesday 3 November, 6.30pm for 7pm
Celebrating Rosemary Verey
Sir Roy Strong (friend and protégé) and biographer Barbara Paul Robinson celebrate the career of Rosemary Verey - one of the 20th century's best known garden designers.
Tickets £20 / £15 Museum Friends
Please book online at gardenmuseum.eventbrite.com or call 020 7401 8865

Wednesday 17 November, 6.30pm for 7pm
Arabella Lennox-Boyd
Landscape designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd looks back at her career and talks about where she finds inspiration for her acclaimed designs.
Tickets £20 / £15 Museum Friends
Please book online at gardenmuseum.eventbrite.com or call 020 7401 8865

*Museum Admission: Adults £6 / Concs £5 / Art Fund £3 / FREE for Students, Under 16s, Museum Friends & Carers of Disabled Visitors.

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