Roses from the Arctic to Australia - The Humour of Hole

This year, following on from our successful 2022 series on the rose in partnership with the Historic Roses Group, the Gardens Trust is happy to announce a new rose-related lecture series, again with the HRG, this time including an international slant.

With speakers hailing from Iceland to Australia, via England, Italy and the USA, these talks are wide-ranging. We begin with a portrait of a popular 19th century rosarian who loved riding as much as roses, knew everyone on the literary scene, was a celebrity preacher and organised the first ever National Rose Show in London. An account of a hillside rose garden in Italy which started as a collection of pots on a terrace in Rome; how to grow roses in the Arctic Circle and ‘down under’ on a working Australia farm; the intriguing stories behind the names of some romantic heritage roses; and where to find a unique UN Food and Agriculture Organisation collection of the other – edible - members of the rosaceae family continue the series. We finish with practical advice about training and pruning your climbers, whether roses or wisterias, from a professional horticultural gardener, the latest in three generations of market gardeners and a shows organiser and designer whose sumptuous stands have won medals for the Historic Roses Group at the Hampton Court Flower Show.

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This ticket is for this individual session and costs £5, and you may purchase tickets for other individual sessions via the links below, or you may purchase a ticket for the entire course of 7 sessions at a cost of £28 via the link here. [Gardens Trust members may use their promo code for an additional 10% discount.]

Attendees will be sent a Zoom link 2 days prior to the start of the talk, and again a few hours before the talk. A link to the recorded session (available for 1 week) will be sent shortly afterwards.

Due to a recent Apple decision to charge a 30% fee for paid online events unfortunately you may no longer be able to purchase this ticket from the Eventbrite iOS app. Please use a web browser on desktop or mobile to purchase or follow the link here.

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Week 1. 17 April: The Humour of Hole. First in a series of 7 online lectures, £5 each or all 7 for £28.

Week 2. 24 April: The Other Rosaceae - Brogdale and the National Fruit Collection. Second in a series of 7 online lectures, £5 each or all 7 for £28.

Week 3. 1 May: The Role of a Rose Garden on A Working Farm. Third in a series of 7 online lectures, £5 each or all 7 for £28.

Week 4. 8 May: Can you grow roses in Iceland? Fourth in a series of 7 online lectures, £5 each or all 7 for £28.

Week 5. 15 May: What’s in a Name? Fifth in a series of 7 online lectures, £5 each or all 7 for £28.

Week 6. 22 May: Il Piccolo Roseto di Giovanni Chilanti. Sixth in a series of 7 online lectures, £5 each or all 7 for £28.

Week 7. 29 May: Pruning and training: Getting the Best out of Roses and Wisteria. Last in a series of 7 online lectures, £5 each or all 7 for £28.

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Week 1. 17 April: The Humour of Hole with Martin Stott

This presentation is about the Rev. Samuel Reynolds Hole, 1819-1904, celebrated Anglican preacher, rosarian, horticulturalist, prolific letter-writer, author of the immensely popular A Book about Roses (W. Blackwood and Sons, 1869) among other works, and Dean of Rochester Cathedral. He was the first organiser of the National Rose Show in London, one of the inaugural recipients of the Victoria Medal of Honour awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society and the first president of the National Rose Society, 1876-1904.

A former journalist who has written for most of the UK’s national press, Martin Stott has made programmes for Radio 4 and the BBC World Service in 21 countries. He is the co-editor of By Any Other Name, the heritage rose journal of the World Federation of Rose Societies and has written for the Historic Rose Journal and Gardens Illustrated. He is a member of the HRG and writes a garden history blog (see below). As well as being a keen rose grower, Martin is currently leading the restoration of a rare Georgian town garden at Bromley House Library in Nottingham – a garden that retains many of its original features from when the Grade 2*-listed house was created in 1752. He also has a growing collection of memorabilia about ‘the Rose King’, the Rev. Dean Hole; and a tolerant wife.

www.storytellergarden.co.uk

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