Date/Time
Saturday, 29 October 2022 at 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
To be held at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Queen Square, Bath. BA1 2HN
The Annual General Meeting of Avon Gardens Trust will be held at 2.30 pm to be followed by a lecture from Professor Tim Mowl
Muddy Wellies and Dusty Archives – Towards the Real Garden History
Tim will talk of his personal garden history journey both in terms of gardens visited and discoveries made, but also the practice of garden history through archival research. The lecture will include not only sites within Avon area, but include gardens through the 14 counties about which he has written and published.
Professor Timothy Mowl studied for his doctorate at St John’s College, Oxford and joined the University of Bristol in 1992. He first taught art and architectural history in the Department of History of Art at Bristol, and in 2005 he moved to the Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, setting up the Institute for Garden and Landscape History in the following year. He is now Emeritus Professor of History of Architecture and Designed Landscapes at Bristol. From 2003 to 2007 he served as a Member of Council of the Garden History Society, chairing its Education and Publications Committee. He has written over 30 books on architectural and garden history, biography, conservation and planning. His Gentlemen & Players: Gardeners of the English Landscape, charting the influence of aristocrats and professionals on the creation of landscape parks and gardens, was published in 2000. Subsequently, he embarked, aided by former doctoral students acting as researchers and co-authors, upon a Leverhulme-Trust funded nationwide series of the historic landscapes and gardens of England. This began in 2002 with the Historic Gardens of Gloucestershire and culminated, 14 books later, in 2015 with Hampshire.
Getting there:
- Use the Park & Ride from: Newbridge, Odd Down and Lansdown all into the City centre and a 5 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
Free entry for this event. Booking is essential and can be made through Eventbrite following this link.
We suggest guests make a donation to the event – or join Avon Gardens Trust on the day.
Further details may be obtained from Peter Hills – email – [email protected] or 07748507166