Details
This delightful exhibition, Lost Gardens of London brings to life long-forgotten green spaces, ranging from princely pleasure grounds and private botanical gardens to humble allotments and defunct squares, artists’ gardens and eccentric private menageries.
Venue
The Garden Museum, 5 Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7LB
Event Organisers
Sarah Bowles and Philippa Barton
Cost
Cost of the visit is £60 - plus Eventbrite booking fee
Cost of the visit is £57 (Senior Citizens) - plus Eventbrite booking fee
Cost of the visit is £52.50 (Art Pass) - plus Eventbrite booking fee
Programme
2.00pm
Visit to the exhibition Lost Gardens of London at the Garden Museum with Dr Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, landscape architect and historian and guest curator of the exhibition
Spanning many centuries, these lost gardens are brought to life through many splendid paintings, drawings, prints, maps and photographs. A botanic garden under Waterloo Station, the Surrey Zoological Gardens in Southwark with its gothic edifices, craggy promontories and tortoise grotto, the luxury Hippodrome Racecourse in Notting Hill, designed to rival Ascot and Epsom, together with exotic examples of wildlife and planting are just some of the delights revealed in this fascinating exhibition.
3.30pm
Tea