Date/Time
Saturday, 29 March 2025 at 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
A lecture on the Industrialists’ Gardens entitled “Silk, waterwheels, iron and smoke: gardens of industrial improvement” with Dr. Dianne Long.
Georgian attitudes to the industrial were devoid of later sensibilities to the conditions of manufactories and communities during the height of the Industrial Revolution that hid such activity from view. On the contrary, the presence of the industrial in the Georgian garden aesthetic was not hidden but frequently enhanced a multi-sensory, often sublime experience. The industrial represented a further taming of Nature by the art of man within the designed landscape. The new inventions fascinated being yet another facet of the drive for improvement. Architecture, water, planting, the journey to and through the landscape, all contributed to an integration of the ornamental and industrial landscape. This talk explores how the industrial in the Georgian garden often co-existed far more than might have hitherto been considered.
Biography:-
Dianne is a garden historian with a first degree in Russian and Slavonic Studies, an MA in Garden History and a PhD in Georgian Industrialists’ Landscapes, as well as a diploma in garden design and the RHS Diploma in Horticulture. She is a past chair of Devon Gardens Trust and currently chair of its Conservation Committee, she is also on the Gardens Advisory Committee for the Dartington Hall Trust (gardens Grade II*). She has published and lectured on garden history, and other topics.
Price for the lecture – Members £5.00; Guests £10.00.
For booking use the link to Ticket Tailor [small booking fee applies]
The meeting will be held at the Bath Royal Scientific and Literary Institution in Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HN commencing 2.30pm in the Elwin Room.
Further details of all AGT events may be obtained from Peter Hills – [email protected] or phone 07748507166
Getting there
Use the Park & Ride from: Newbridge, Odd Down and Lansdown all into the City centre and a 5-10 minute walk to Queen Square.
Local Parking: Parking in the Charlotte Street and the Waitrose Podium car parks nearby, also Avon Street and Southgate car parks – (charges apply).
Bath train station and a 15 minute walk to Queen Square