The Gardens Trust is pleased to announce that it has been working with the University of Buckingham to set up a new Master-level course in Garden History which is planned to start in October this year.

The new course will be a research- rather than taught-degree, and it will be the only such course in the country. It can be taken over 1 or 2 years. The course director will be Dr David Marsh, a trustee of the Gardens Trust, who has set up and run the Trust’s successful on-line programme of lectures.

The course will be organised around a series of case study seminars looking at significant sites, which will be led by owners and professionals. These will be complemented by background lectures about the period to give a wider context. There will also be a number of day visits to other important historic gardens. The seminars will be held at the university’s base in central London while the lectures will be online.

We are inviting anyone interested in knowing more to a free online event with David and Professor John Adamson, Director of the Humanities Research Institute at Buckingham University, on Thursday June 15th at 6.30.

A detailed prospectus is available now and can be downloaded here. Details can also be found on the University website research pages here where you will find information about Ph.D. opportunities in garden history as well.

Attendees will be sent a Zoom link to the presentation two days and again a few hours before the event. (If you do not receive this link please contact us). It will be recorded and made available also to anyone unable to attend the live event.

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Images: The gardens of Bramham Park, Wetherby, begun in 1698 (above);

The fountain at Brodsworth Hall, Doncaster, built between 1861 and 1863 (below).

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Masters Level Course in Garden History