The history of English garden design can be told in different ways, but rarely can it be told by looking at one garden. The Oxford Botanic Garden was founded at the beginning of the 17th century and its design bears all the hallmarks of that period. Through the next 400 years successive head gardeners changed the features reflecting the art of gardening, and very occasionally the science of botany.
Join botanist and international expert Timothy Walker as he shares in this lively and beautifully illustrated talk, how the art of gardening has changed, or perhaps has not, in four centuries in Oxfordshire and how the Oxford Botanic Garden now reflects garden design at the beginning of the 21st century.
Timothy Walker read Botany at University College Oxford, trained at the Savill Garden Windsor and was a student at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. In 1995 he was awarded a Master of Horticulture by the Royal Horticultural Society of London. He has worked at the University of Oxford Botanical Garden and Harcourt Arboretum as General Foreman, Head Gardener and finally as Director. Over the years he has given more than 2000 talks and lectures in Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, North America, and Australia.
“If you haven’t heard him, his lectures are the equivalent of sparkling vintage champagne” - Val Bourne (Oxford Times)
TICKETS: Adults £10, Under 18s £5
TEA/COFFEE | REFRESHMENTS
Important event information:
Doors open 30 minutes before the performance.
Tickets are non-refundable. A waiting list may be available once this event is sold out.
Filming and photography will likely take place at this event. This will be used to showcase the 2024 GAP Festival both online and in printed articles. Images and footage will also be used to help future festival promotions. Please let the event marshals on the day know if you do not wish to be captured.
This year’s Festival will be cashless, only contactless card payments will be available for any refreshments.
All children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Sponsored by: Mortimer Burnett
www.timothywalker.org.uk
Join botanist and international expert Timothy Walker as he shares in this lively and beautifully illustrated talk, how the art of gardening has changed, or perhaps has not, in four centuries in Oxfordshire and how the Oxford Botanic Garden now reflects garden design at the beginning of the 21st century.
Timothy Walker read Botany at University College Oxford, trained at the Savill Garden Windsor and was a student at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. In 1995 he was awarded a Master of Horticulture by the Royal Horticultural Society of London. He has worked at the University of Oxford Botanical Garden and Harcourt Arboretum as General Foreman, Head Gardener and finally as Director. Over the years he has given more than 2000 talks and lectures in Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, North America, and Australia.
“If you haven’t heard him, his lectures are the equivalent of sparkling vintage champagne” - Val Bourne (Oxford Times)
TICKETS: Adults £10, Under 18s £5
TEA/COFFEE | REFRESHMENTS
Important event information:
Doors open 30 minutes before the performance.
Tickets are non-refundable. A waiting list may be available once this event is sold out.
Filming and photography will likely take place at this event. This will be used to showcase the 2024 GAP Festival both online and in printed articles. Images and footage will also be used to help future festival promotions. Please let the event marshals on the day know if you do not wish to be captured.
This year’s Festival will be cashless, only contactless card payments will be available for any refreshments.
All children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Sponsored by: Mortimer Burnett
www.timothywalker.org.uk
Tuesday 11 June 2024
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Goring Village Hall, High Street, Goring-on-Thames RG8 9AG
The history of English garden design can be told in different ways, but rarely can it be told by looking at one garden. The Oxford Botanic Garden was founded at the beginning of the 17th century and its design bears all the hallmarks of that period. Through the next 400 years successive head gardeners changed the features reflecting the art of gardening, and very occasionally the science of botany.
Join botanist and international expert Timothy Walker as he shares in this lively and beautifully illustrated talk, how the art of gardening has changed, or perhaps has not, in four centuries in Oxfordshire and how the Oxford Botanic Garden now reflects garden design at the beginning of the 21st century.
Timothy Walker read Botany at University College Oxford, trained at the Savill Garden Windsor and was a student at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. In 1995 he was awarded a Master of Horticulture by the Royal Horticultural Society of London. He has worked at the University of Oxford Botanical Garden and Harcourt Arboretum as General Foreman, Head Gardener and finally as Director. Over the years he has given more than 2000 talks and lectures in Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, North America, and Australia.
“If you haven’t heard him, his lectures are the equivalent of sparkling vintage champagne” - Val Bourne (Oxford Times)
TICKETS: Adults £10, Under 18s £5
TEA/COFFEE | REFRESHMENTS
Important event information:
Doors open 30 minutes before the performance.
Tickets are non-refundable. A waiting list may be available once this event is sold out.
Filming and photography will likely take place at this event. This will be used to showcase the 2024 GAP Festival both online and in printed articles. Images and footage will also be used to help future festival promotions. Please let the event marshals on the day know if you do not wish to be captured.
This year’s Festival will be cashless, only contactless card payments will be available for any refreshments.
All children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Sponsored by: Mortimer Burnett
www.timothywalker.org.uk
Join botanist and international expert Timothy Walker as he shares in this lively and beautifully illustrated talk, how the art of gardening has changed, or perhaps has not, in four centuries in Oxfordshire and how the Oxford Botanic Garden now reflects garden design at the beginning of the 21st century.
Timothy Walker read Botany at University College Oxford, trained at the Savill Garden Windsor and was a student at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. In 1995 he was awarded a Master of Horticulture by the Royal Horticultural Society of London. He has worked at the University of Oxford Botanical Garden and Harcourt Arboretum as General Foreman, Head Gardener and finally as Director. Over the years he has given more than 2000 talks and lectures in Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, North America, and Australia.
“If you haven’t heard him, his lectures are the equivalent of sparkling vintage champagne” - Val Bourne (Oxford Times)
TICKETS: Adults £10, Under 18s £5
TEA/COFFEE | REFRESHMENTS
Important event information:
Doors open 30 minutes before the performance.
Tickets are non-refundable. A waiting list may be available once this event is sold out.
Filming and photography will likely take place at this event. This will be used to showcase the 2024 GAP Festival both online and in printed articles. Images and footage will also be used to help future festival promotions. Please let the event marshals on the day know if you do not wish to be captured.
This year’s Festival will be cashless, only contactless card payments will be available for any refreshments.
All children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Sponsored by: Mortimer Burnett
www.timothywalker.org.uk