The Rose - Hinton Ampner’s exceptional garden and its roses

As the roses in our gardens start to come into bloom the Gardens Trust is delighted to announce our new lecture series in partnership with the Historic Roses Group.

Historic roses are timeless and beautiful old roses from past centuries continue to deserve a place in today’s gardens. With their classic ‘old-fashioned’ charm and graceful forms, the soft petals and delicate colours of old roses are often accompanied by a deliciously rich and powerful fragrance. Moreover, old roses contain the original gene pool from which all later roses have been bred. They are supremely rewarding to grow, fascinating to study and they need to be conserved.

These lectures cover not only the history and significance of the rose, but the story of three gardens where they are the star attractions. Our lecturers are all great rosarians - whether as authors, growers or head gardeners and although unfortunately zoom doesn’t allow us to inhale the fragrance of roses these talks will be a feast for the eyes and a fount of rose-related information.

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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 5 sessions at a cost of £20 via the link here.

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. 2 May. The History of the Rose: First in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.

Week 2. 9 May. Graham Stuart Thomas and the Roses of Mottisfont Abbey: Second in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.

Week 3. 16 May. My Time at David Austin Roses: Third in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.

Week 4. 23 May. Hinton Ampner’s exceptional garden and its roses: Fourth in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.

Week 5. 30 May. Why the Rose: Last in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.

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Week 4. 23rd May: Hinton Ampner’s exceptional garden and its roses with John Wood

Hinton Ampner is a National Trust property with a 14-acre garden set amid the rolling Hampshire countryside. The garden has an exceptional framework with wonderful vistas complemented by topiary and a great variety of plants including dahlias, roses and salvias, as well as woodland areas. Roses are grown at Hinton Ampner in many varied locations and styles: in formal beds, long borders, mixed with other plants or trained on walls, and clambering high into trees. In his talk John Wood, head gardener, will cover how he deals with restoring rose borders and what to consider when planting your roses. He will share some of his favourite roses and talk about the situations in which he uses them.

John Wood has worked for the National Trust for 25 Years. Having started at Mottisfont to assist the head gardener, David Stone, with the restoration of the renowned Walled Rose Garden, it was there that he developed his love of roses. In 2000 John moved to Hinton Ampner. Here John and his team have restored the Walled Garden and continue restoring many of the large beds and borders. In his spare time John tends to his own collection of roses. He is a member of the committee of the Historic Rose Group, has helped build and staff the HRG’s award-winning stands at the Hampton Court Flower Show, also providing the spectacular bouquets of roses for display there and at RHS Wisley’s Plant Society weekend show. John is also an expert photographer and his images feature in HRG publicity

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