Shropshire Parks & Gardens Trust
Talks, visits and other events 2007 - 2008
January 2007
Thursday, 18th January 2007: 'Three generations of gardeners' by Margaret Thrower, Daughter of Percy Thrower. 7.30pm Shire Hall, Shrewsbury.
February 2007
Thursday, 15th February 2007: 'Finnish Gardens and Parks - the interaction between Culture, Climate and Landscape of Finland' by Pirkko Higson. 7.30pm Shire Hall, Shrewsbury.
March 2007
Thursday, 15th March 2007: AGM at 6.30pm, to be followed by refreshments before the lecture at 7.30pm 'The Carriage Drives of Humphrey Repton' by Jane Bradney. Shire Hall, Shrewsbury.
April 2007
Saturday, 14th April 2007: Coach Visit to Thenford House, Northamptonshire. The garden and arboreatum of the Rt. Hon.the Lord heseltine C. H.
May 2007
Saturday, 12th May 2007: 2pm. Visit to Aqualate Hall, Staffordshire. A private estate - parkland and important natural lake and gardens.
Saturday, 26th May 2007: 2pm. Visit to The Sham Castle, Acton Burnell. !8th century folly surrounded by 21st century garden.
June 2007
Wednesday, 20th June 2007: Evening Reception and Summer Party at Hodnet Hall by kind invitation of Mr and Mrs Heber-Percy to celebrate 10 years of the Shropshire Parks and Gardens Trust.
July 2007
Friday, 27th July 2007: Evening visit to Brownhill House Garden, Ruyton XI Towns. Picnic in the hillside garden of Yoland and Roger Brown (who are SPGT members).
September 2007
Saturday, 8th September 2007: 2pm. Visit to 'The Sabbath Walks' Coalbrookdale. 18th century perambulatory routes laid out by the local ironmasters for workers and their families.
October 2007
Thursday, 18th October 2007: 'Where have all the flowers gone? Plants and other curiosities in the Italian Renaissance and Baroque Gardens' by Helena Attlee. 7.30pm Shire Hall, Shrewsbury.
November 2007
Thursday, 15th November 2007: 'Sustainable management of the Shropshire landscape : Shropshire County Council's role' by Penny Ward and Andy Wigley of the Economy and Environment Department, Shropshire County Council. 7.30pm Shire Hall, Shrewsbury.
January 2008
Thursday, 17th January 2008: 'Restoration of the house and garden at Aberglasney in Carmarthenshire' by Graham Rankin. 7.30pm Shire Hall, Shrewsbury.
February 2008
Thursday, 21st February 2008: 'Joseph Paxton and the gardens at Hampton Court in Herefordshire' by Catherine Beale. 7.30pm Shire Hall, Shrewsbury.
March 2008
Thursday, 20th March 2008: AGM at 6.30pm followed by 'The Walled Kitchen Garden' by Fiona Grant. 7.30pm Shire Hall, Shrewsbury.
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