FAIRBRIDGE GARDEN & ARTS SOCIETYSupporting the Fairbridge Programme

of The Prince’s Trust

NEWSLETTER

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Issue No 73 Summer/Autumn 2015

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CONTENTS

LETTER FROm ThE ChAIRmAN 2

FORThCOmING EvENTS 3

mEmBERShIp INFORmATION 6

REvIEwS OF RECENT OuTINGS 7

NOTICEBOARD 9

DIARY DATES 10

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Cover photograph: a border at Gravetye Manor, West Sussex. See details of the FGAS visit on page 3.

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DEaR MEMbERS

What a lovely summer we are having and what a successful party on 2 July! The early-evening sun shone on over 120 guests and a warm evening ensured it was enjoyed by all. The Loughs’ garden provided the wow factor, the Backroom Boys fun musical entertainment and as ever, the committee came up trumps with an array of delicious canapés and the bar served up Pimm’s with a punch!

The evening raised a fantastic £1,180 for Fairbridge young people, made all the more relevant by the presence of three young ambassadors for the Fairbridge Programme of The Prince’s Trust. Nat, Michael and Chris (pictured below) showed such courage to speak openly in front of all of us about their difficult start in life and how the Fairbridge Programme had helped them. It was truly inspiring and reinforces just how the funds we raise can really make a difference.

The autumn/winter programme is shaping up nicely and there are events and visits to appeal to all of us. I do hope that as you turn the pages of this newsletter you will feel inspired and will plan to join us on one or two. Please do not forget to complete the booking form as well as reserving your place by phone or email.

During the autumn we will also be working on a new independent website. Our aim is to make our website more informative and user-friendly. Being in control of it will also enable us to keep it up-to-date, and broaden its scope with more colour pictures illustrating past and future events.

With Wimbledon over and holidays in full swing, it remains for me to wish you all a great summer and I look forward to seeing you in the autumn.

With best wishes,Vanessa ScholfieldChairman

vanessa with Simon Lough, host of the summer party michael, Chris and Nat, Fairbridge ambassadors

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS: DaTES FOR YOUR DIaRY

Read NOW and book immediately to be sure of your place

Tuesday, 15 September: 10am-noonTOUR OF FULHaM PaLaCE aND GaRDENFulham palace is one of the earliest and most intriguing historic powerhouses alongside the Thames. Its origins date back to AD 704 and, for over 13 centuries, it was the summer residence of the Bishops of London. Their individual stories offer personal insights into such major events as the creation of magna Carta, the turbulence of the Reformation, the crusade against slavery and the impact of the Great war on ordinary people. The last bishop moved out in 1973, and now the Fulham palace Trust, an independent charity dedicated to the ongoing preservation, restoration and interpretation of this historically important site, manages the palace and its 13-acre botanical garden. Its museum curator, miranda poliakoff, will give us a tour of the palace, followed by a garden tour by the acting head gardener, Jason peters, including the recently restored walled Garden, home to ancient wisteria (pictured) that dates back to the 19th century. The palace grounds are of considerable botanical and horticultural importance as they became home to many new plant species introduced from overseas during the 16th and 17th centuries through ecclesiastical links with India, Africa, the Caribbean and North America. The Drawing Room Café will be open for coffee beforehand from 9.30am, and available for lunch afterwards. meet at 9.45am in the Tudor Courtyard, accessible from Bishops park Road, where there is meter parking. From putney Bridge tube station, walk under putney Bridge to Bishops park, then enter the palace grounds through a gate just past All Saints churchyard and walk round to the courtyard. Cost: £23. To book, please email christine.ingram2@gmail.com or ring Christine on 020 7731 3162 and complete the booking form within one week. Christine’s mobile on the day is 07540 615486.

Thursday, 17 September: 2.30-4.30pmbLOOMSbURY: LITERaRY aND aCaDEMIC LONDON - a WaLK WITH DIaNa KELSEYA walk round the elegant Georgian squares of Bloomsbury, an area redolent with literary and academic connections. See the houses where the famous, or to some infamous, Bloomsbury Group met, see the inspiration for George Orwell’s ‘ministry of Truth’ and hear stories of other authors such as Dickens, TS Eliot and Ted hughes. we see the recently restored church of St George’s, Bloomsbury, designed by hawksmoor and will walk through the re-landscaped Russell Square, restored to its original Repton design, and finish at the heart of what is now being renamed the ‘Knowledge Quarter’ – the British museum. Starts 2.30pm. meet at the Kingsway exit of holborn tube station. Cost: £18. To book, please email jill_marx@hotmail.com or ring Jill on 020 7736 1066 and complete the booking form within one week. Jill’s mobile on the day is 07840 206309.

Tuesday, 22 September: 10.30am - approx 5.00pmGROVE HOUSE FaRM, TURNER’S HILL RH10 4SF, aND GRaVETYE MaNOR, RH19 4LJ, WEST SUSSEXpiers Gibson’s garden at Grove house Farm is set in a tranquil landscape of grazing sheep and gentle valleys beyond smooth green lawns. A steep, very sheltered south-facing border opposite the entrance to the house is rich in sub-tropical cannas, eryngiums, yuccas and phormiums and various exotic shrubs, and a tunnel arbour leads around the side of the house to the south front. An interesting feature is a series of brick steps laid in three-quarters of a circle at the far end of a terrace. precision-cut yew hedges, some just slightly curved, hide a swimming pool and herbaceous borders and lead

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to the maze, whose perfectly trimmed yew is best appreciated from above (see back cover). There is also a fruit and vegetable garden (pictured) and a wilder area with paths leading down to a large pond. Tom parker, the head gardener, will take us round. After a light lunch in a local pub, we will move on to Gravetye manor, the Elizabethan house where the influential gardener william Robinson lived from 1885 and where he put into practice his preference for informality, and a mix of native and exotic plants. It is now a very superior hotel, and the head gardener, Tom Coward, trained at Great Dixter, will walk us round mixed autumn borders sizzling with colour and up the hillside through groves of rare trees and shrubs. The oval walled garden above the house is massive and bright with cutting garden flowers as well as many vegetables and fruits of all sorts. Our tour will finish with a top-notch afternoon tea. This is a self-drive trip with full directions provided once the booking is confirmed. Cost: £65. To book, please email Ann macDonald, annmacd@hotmail.com or ring 020 8677 8981 and complete the booking form within one week. Numbers limited to 20. Priority is given to those who have already expressed an interest, so if you have already contacted ann, please confirm your place immediately. Ann’s mobile on the day is 07767 666241.

Thursday, 1 October: 10am-noonTOUR OF THE ROYaL HOSPITaL, CHELSEa aND GROUNDSExperience the Royal hospital, designed by Sir Christopher wren, through the eyes of one of its residents. Discover Nell Gwyn’s surprising role in its establishment, the French graffiti that lie under wren’s colonnade and the military titan court-martialled in the Great hall. This lively two-hour visit, conducted personally by a scarlet-coated Chelsea pensioner (pictured), will transport you from the dawn of Restoration England, when Charles II founded the hospital as a retreat for veterans, through the Napoleonic wars and the austerity of two world wars. This is a superlative opportunity to explore this important heritage site, and hear more about daily life at the present-day hospital. The tour includes the wren Chapel and the grounds with the central courtyard dominated by the monumental golden statue of Charles II. meet at 9.45am at the Chelsea Gate, which is next door to the National Army museum on Royal hospital Road. we will book a light lunch (not included) at the conservatory café looking out on the beautiful Infirmary garden near the London Gate for those who would like it; though tables cannot be reserved as the pensioners have priority, there is usually space. Cost: £20. To book, please email christine.ingram2@gmail.com or ring Christine on 020 7731 3162 and complete the booking form within one week. Christine’s mobile on the day is 07540 615486.

Wednesday, 14 October: 2-5.30pmbRIDGE aFTERNOON WITH TEa Come and play and socialise at 10 North End house, Fitzjames Avenue, London w14 0RS at the kind invitation of heather Borg. Cost: £15. To book your table, please email hmaborg@aol.com or ring heather on 020 7602 6814 and complete the booking form within one week.

Week beginning Monday 5 October or Monday, 12 October: lunch at 12.30pmTHE SKY GaRDEN, ‘WaLKIE TaLKIE’ bUILDING, 20 FENCHURCH STREET, LONDON EC3M 3bYOpened in January this year, the building was designed by the uruguayan architect, Rafael vinoly, and it successfully turns upside down the norm that buildings diminish as they rise, so the top floors are considerably larger than the ground-floor footprint. It boasts the highest public garden in London, so it has to be on our list. Rising to the 34th floor, the Sky Bar is a thrilling space. with panoramic views over the river to the hmS Belfast and the Shard, east to Canary wharf and west to westminster, it has a bar offering coffee, croissants and cocktails. On either side of the Darwin Brasserie and Fenchurch

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Restaurant, terraced gardens (pictured), designed by the landscape architectural practice Gillespies, are planted with drought-resistant mediterranean and South African plants. On the 36th floor there are gently misted New Zealand tree ferns underplanted with a range of ferns that relish the moisture. A three-course lunch, not including wine, will be booked in the Darwin Brasserie for 12.30. monument tube station is five minutes’ walk away but allow time for security checks. Cost: £45. Numbers limited to 20. As reservations can be made only 60 days ahead, to book provisionally, please email may woods at may.woods17@gmail.com or ring 020 7736 3210 and complete the booking form within one week. may’s mobile on the day is 07958 912271.

Thursday, 15 October: 2.30-4.30pmLIFE aND DEaTH IN ROMaN LONDON - a WaLK WITH DIaNa KELSEY Despite the increasingly modern appearances of the 21st-century City of London, there are many reminders of the foundation of the capital. The geography and role of the City we know today is much influenced by its Roman origins. This walk aims to give you an idea of the scale, geography and everyday life (and death) of 400 years of Roman London. we will see fragments of the Roman wall, the site of the forum, governor’s palace, a sacred river and of a recent excavation that has uncovered many Roman remains. highlight of the walk is a visit to one of London’s ‘hidden Treasures’: the remains of the Roman amphitheatre deep below street level. Starts 2.30pm. meet outside main entrance to museum of London. Nearest tube station, St paul’s, then a 10-minute walk up St martins le Grand and access via escalator to a high-level walkway. Cost: £18. To book, please email jill_marx@hotmail.com or ring Jill on 020 7736 1066 and complete the booking form within one week. Jill’s mobile on the day is 07840 206309.

Tuesday, 10 November: 6.30 for 7pm -8.30pm THE GaRDENS aT WINFIELD HOUSE: LECTURE bY STEPHEN CRISP aT aLL SaINTS SCHOOL, bISHOPS aVENUE, LONDON SW6 6EE This is a rare opportunity for a visual tour of the gardens of the uS Ambassador’s Residence at winfield house. Regent’s park was laid out by John Nash in the early 19th century, and winfield house is on the Outer Circle on the northern side, and has splendid views over London framed by mature trees. Replacing an earlier house, this neo-Georgian house was built for Barbara hutton in the 1930s. Stephen Crisp has been head gardener there for 28 years, and has replanted, redesigned and greatly enhanced the 12 ½ acres. his images reveal the garden throughout the seasons, starting in early spring with meandering woodland walks with hellebores and drifts of daffodils. Then there is formality in summer in the gloriously profuse rose garden and, on the other side of the house, a reflective pool and sculpture garden designed by morgan wheelock in 2000. In late summer the focus moves to an area with grasses, sedums, and michaelmas daisies designed by Stephen and in autumn the many North American trees planted by visiting presidents and vice-presidents add golds and reds to the landscape. Stephen then moves inside the house with photos of exuberant floral arrangements and the fabulous table decorations he creates for grand events that sometimes include royalty and presidents. The decorations for Thanksgiving and Christmas are truly inspiring, and a brilliant source of ideas for our possibly more modest entertaining. Cost: £25. This is a donation to the Fairbridge programme of The prince’s Trust and will include a glass of wine and canapés as well as a donation to All Saints School. Guests welcome. To book, please email may.woods17@gmail.com or ring 020 7736 3210 and complete the booking form within one week. may’s mobile on the day is 07958 912271.

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Wednesday, 18 November: 10.45 for 11amEXCLUSIVE TOUR OF aPSLEY HOUSE, 149 PICCaDILLY, HYDE PaRK CORNER, LONDON W1J 7NTJoin us on a private guided tour of Apsley house (pictured), home of the first Duke of wellington and familiarly known as ‘Number One, London’. The ‘Iron Duke’ lived at Apsley house after defeating Napoleon at the Battle of waterloo in 1815. The house remains the London residence of the Dukes of wellington today. Normally closed to the public at this time, our tour will include the glittering interiors highlighting the sumptuous gifts from emperors, tsars and kings to the Iron Duke. we will enter through the newly restored entrance hall, experiencing it as the Duke’s guests would have done. There are nearly 3,000 fine paintings including masterpieces from the Spanish royal collection, as well as sculptures and works of art in silver and porcelain given to Britain’s greatest military hero. One highlight will be the huge banqueting table in the waterloo Gallery, dressed beautifully to celebrate the bicentenary of the Battle of waterloo. Cost: £24. To book, please email dottie@lundell.uk.net or ring 020 7731 0128 and complete the booking form with one week. Dottie’s mobile on the day is 07904 257974.

It is essential that first you book your place, complete the enclosed booking form and send it with a cheque made out to FGAS or Fairbridge Garden & Arts

Society to Dottie Lundell, 1 Edenhurst Avenue, London SW6 3PD, tel 020 7731 0128. If you want a receipt, please enclose a s.a.e.

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REVIEW: DaY TRIP TO CaNTERbURYan april visit to the cathedral and its stained-glass studio

A speedy 60-minute train journey from St pancras through the lush green Kent countryside saw us arrive at Canterbury west station, from where a short walk took us through Christ Church Gate and into the Cathedral precincts. Dating back to AD 597, the cathedral is the oldest in the country, a world heritage Site and the centre of the Anglican community. On entering the cathedral one is struck by the sheer scale of the building, its nave, over 600 years old a good example of early perpendicular architecture; its soaring vault designed by henry Yevele is 26.5 metres (82 feet) high. The east end built in 1174-84 is in the highly influential English Gothic style.

Then downstairs to the 11th-century crypt, Romanesque in style: the eastern crypt originally housed the body of St Thomas Becket, who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170. Today a new artwork, Transport, by Antony Gormley (pictured) is suspended above the site of the first tomb. made from old nails taken from the repaired roof of the cathedral, the 6ft (2m) work outlines the shape of a floating body. A shrine to Becket above in the north-west transept, known as the martyrdom, provided a stopping point of medieval pilgrimage. Today a stone bearing his name and a modern sculpture representing the four swords for the four knights that slayed Becket mark the place of his death. Installed in 1986, it is the work of Giles Blomfield of Truro.

In 1982 pope John paul II visited the cathedral. This marked an historic occasion since the last time a pope visited England was during the Reformation. It was also the first time an archbishop (Runcie) and a pope had joined together in prayer in the Chapter house. This impressive building has a lofty ceiling constructed of Irish oak that dates back to the early 1400s.

Canterbury Cathedral is famous for its stained glass, which includes a series of windows depicting the 86 ancestors of Christ. At the west end is a huge window filled with stained glass, much of which is over 800 years old. It is incredible to think that a third is medieval glass that still floods the cathedral with light as vivid in colour as when it was first made. After a lovely lunch in the Lodge Refectory our visit continued in the Stained Glass Studio. Stained glass has been worked in Canterbury since the 1830s and in 1972 a studio was established in the precincts to restore the famous late 12th-century windows. Today its small team has gained a high reputation for conservation and restoration work and also the design and manufacture of contemporary glass windows. One of their latest commissions has been for Strawberry hill house in Twickenham, faithfully recreating windows for the Tribune, a storehouse for horace walpole’s treasures.

we met the director Léonie Seliger and Laura Atkinson, one of her conservators (pictured), and watched as they explained and undertook their highly skilled and painstaking work. They blow the majority of their own glass on site using two flatbed kilns for reasonable-sized panels. where the glass is to be painted with medieval figures and faces, it is worked using a mixture of glass paint, ground glass, oxides, vinegars, oils and water (urine would have been used in the middle Ages!). Glass is cut using oil cutters with tungsten tips which score the glass where it is to be broken. Once the glass is fired it is leaded up by hand, each

joint manually soldered and a light cement applied. The studio mills its own lead on in-house lead mills.Lead is robust: medieval lead is in evidence in the cathedral windows today. Releading is undertaken only once every 100 to 200 years. we all left feeling humbled by the sheer skill and expertise of this small team of conservators and will look very differently upon stained-glass windows in the future.

vANESSA SChOLFIELD

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REVIEW: a VERY GRaND TOURan Italian journey, to gardens around Rome in May

After an early-morning flight to Rome our visit began in British style at La Landriana, designed by the British designer Russell page in the 1960s, before travelling on to the delightful hill town of Frascati south-east of Rome, which was to be our excellent base.

Next morning we set out with much excitement to visit the Barberini Gardens of Castel Gandolfo, the pope’s country residence, only opened to the public by pope Francis in march 2014. with an excellent guide and scarcely another visitor there we enjoyed stunning views over Lake Albano and beyond, wandering through the site of a villa built by Emperor Domitian, past the ruins of the imperial theatre and a covered passageway where he would stroll while escaping the summer heat. The Belvedere garden, beds of roses and aromatic herbs and a humorous statue of Bacchus (pictured), reflected the triple purpose of these gardens: entertainment, contemplation and relaxation.

Along a narrow and winding road near Latina Cisterna was villa Torrecchia, an enchanting weekend retreat smelling of lemons and mock orange, set among the crumbling walls and ruins of a long-gone hill village at the foot of the Appenines. Stuart Barfoot now curates the garden where Dan pearson worked his magic for its Italian owners over 5 steep acres, creating a romantic, carefree confection, with sloping lawns, secret spaces and tumbling rose ‘madame Alfred Carrière’.

That was but an aperitif for the last garden of the day, reserved to late afternoon to avoid school party hordes that swarm through it. we were guided round Ninfa by gardener, Signora marchetti, wife of the curator. An Elysian idyll influenced by English design, also developed among the ruins of a medieval village, it is a place in which to wander and linger, with a great sense of calm and peace. As the shadows lengthened and Ninfa emptied we caught a glimpse of paradise.

Our first surprise next day was Bomarzo, the Garden of monsters, developed in the 16th century and lost for many years. Requiring energy and nimble footwork along the hilly pathways, the range of fantastical men, beasts and discombobulating buildings, all designed to create confusion and alarm, set in a bosky garden with streams and waterfalls, was a revelation and aptly described by one of our number as ‘the Disneyland of the 1570s’. This was followed by a warm welcome from the principessa and owner of the fortified Castello Ruspoli, a tour of the house and gardens and a superb al fresco lunch. Our final stop was the villa Lante (pictured) developed for Cardinal Gambara (‘Crayfish’). For many the highlight of this garden of ‘surprises’ incorporating many water jokes operated by ingenious hydraulics – some still working – was the crayfish cascade.

After a free day when everyone did their own thing, including retail therapy in the local market, going to Rome, the energetic climbing to see the steep and ruinous gardens of villa Aldobrandini and relaxation, we set off on a very hot day for an assault on the extensive sites of hadrian’s villa at Tivoli and the villa d’Este. Both deserve a return visit. Last was palazzo parisi, home of Arabella Lennox-Boyd, a fusion of Italian and English romance, with superb views and inspired plantings of roses, irises and other early summer delights. Our hostess provided a delicious farewell lunch.

After Grand Tours of Europe our aristocracy brought much Italian influence to Britain – now, it seems, it is our garden designers who inspire many great Italian gardens. many thanks to both Dinah Roberton and may woods for their superb organisation. SALLY FIELD

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TOP EXHIbITIONS

Summer Exhibition until 6 August. Royal Academy of Arts; www.royalacademy.org.uk‘Ravilious’ until 31 August. Dulwich picture Gallery; www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk‘Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy’ until 1 September. British Library;www.bl.uk‘Lee Miller and Picasso’ until 6 September. Scottish National portrait Gallery, Edinburgh; www.nationalgalleries.org‘The arts & Crafts: Then and Now’ until 13 September. Compton verney, warwickshire; www.comptonverney.co.uk‘Turner’s Wessex: architecture and ambition’ until 27 September. Salisbury museum, wiltshire;www.salisburymuseum.org.uk‘Scottish art: People, Places, Ideas’until 27 September. City Art Centre, Edinburgh; www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk‘Canaletto: Celebrating britain’ until 4 October. holburne museum, Bath;www.holburne.org‘Ruskin’s Turners’ until 4 October. Fitzwilliam museum, Cambridge; www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk‘Sickert in Dieppe’ until 4 October. pallant house Gallery, Chichester; www.pallant.org.ukaudrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon’ until 18 October. National portrait Gallery, London; www.npg.org.uk‘Jackson Pollock: blind Spots’ until 18 October. Tate Liverpool; www.tate.org.uk ‘barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World’ until 25 October. Tate Britain; www.tate.org.uk‘Yves Saint Laurent: Style is Eternal’ until 25 October. The Bowes museum,Barnard Castle, Co Durham;www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk‘Lowry by the Sea’ until 1 November. Jerwood Gallery, hastings, E. Sussex; www.jerwoodgallery.org

NOTICEbOaRD

RECIpE OF ThE SEASONSpaghetti

allevongole

This recipe would be my ‘last meal’. It reminds me of the summers when I lived in Rome and we used to go to the sea at Anzio or Ostia. It is very easy to make. You can get fresh clams everywhere now, or you can use cockles in their shells instead. You may also buy tinned clams, but they have less flavour. Serves 42 kg clams (in their shells)2 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced2 fresh or dried chillies, chopped finely75 ml olive oil100ml white wine250-300g dried spaghetti or linguineSalt and pepperHandful flat-leaf parsley, chopped 1. wash the clams thoroughly in cold water. 2. Fry in a saucepan the garlic and chillies in the oil for a few minutes, add the wine and clams, then cover and cook until all the clams are fully opened. You may need to shake the pan occasionally.3. Cook the pasta until al dente, drain, and add to the clams; mix well. 4. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add parsley and serve. DINAh ROBERTON

KNIGHT FRaNK FULHaM HOUSE SaLE SCHEME SUPPORTS THE FaIRbRIDGEPROGRaMME OF THE PRINCE’S TRUST

Open to FGAS members with an Sw6 postcodeand w6/w14 south of hammersmith Flyover and to all those who sell their property through KnightFrank, Fulham, and mention FGAS at the time, this very generous offer is to donate 5% of the fee (net of vAT) to Fairbridge (The prince’s Trust) following successful completion of the sale. So if you are thinking of selling, please bear this in mind and contactKnight Frank, Fulham on 020 7751 2400

CaPITaL GaRDENS - NEaL’S NURSERIESLocated next to wandsworth prison, Neal’s garden centre is the largest within Central London. It offers a wide range of plants, house plants, seeds and bulbs as well as outdoor living accessories and furniture.FGAS members, don’t forget your discount card

Neal’s Nurseries, Heathfield Road, Wandsworth, London SW18 2PH

020 8874 2037; www.capitalgardens.co.uk.

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Tuesday, 15 SeptemberTour of Fulham palace and garden

Thursday, 17 SeptemberBloomsbury walk

Tuesday, 22 SeptemberGrove house Farm and Gravetye manor gardens, west Sussex

Thursday, 1 OctoberTour of the Royal hospital, Chelsea

Week of 5 or 12 OctoberLunch at the Sky Garden, ‘walkie Talkie’ Building, London EC3

Wednesday, 14 OctoberBridge afternoon with tea

Thursday, 15 OctoberRoman London walk

Tuesday, 10 NovemberLecture on the gardens at winfield house, Regent’s park

Wednesday, 18 NovemberTour of Apsley house, London w1

Overleaf: the yew maze at Grove House Farm (top) and Gravetye Manor and garden. Turn to page 3 for details of the FGAS visit.

Diary Dates