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A series of 5 online talks organised in association with the Historic Roses Group on Mons @ 6.00 from 2 May, £5 each or all 5 for £20.

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. .....This ticket costs £20 for the entire course of 5 sessions or you may purchase a ticket for individual sessions, costing £5 via the links below. Attendees will be sent a Zoom link 2 days prior to the start of the talk, and again a few hours before the talk. All our talks are recorded and 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 <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/checkout-external?eid=305127152527" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/checkout-external?eid=305127152527" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">.</a>.....

<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rose-the-history-of-the-rose-tickets-305563497647" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Week 1. 2 May. The History of the Rose: </a>First in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rose-graham-stuart-thomas-and-mottisfont-abbey-tickets-305570177627" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Week 2. 9 May. Graham Stuart Thomas and the Roses of Mottisfont Abbey:</a> Second in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rose-my-time-at-david-austin-roses-tickets-305572695157" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Week 3. 16 May. My Time at David Austin Roses: </a>Third in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rose-hinton-ampners-exceptional-garden-tickets-305575493527" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Week 4. 23 May. Hinton Ampner’s exceptional garden and its roses:</a> Fourth in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20.<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rose-why-the-rose-tickets-305577519587" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Week 5. 6 Jun. Why the Rose:</a> Last in a series of 5 online lectures, £5 each or all 5 for £20..…..

Week 1. 2nd May: The History of the Rose with Catherine HorwoodThe rose is the world's favourite flower and always has been. It is the greatest floral symbol of love and romance the world over and touches people's hearts at many points in their lives: the flower most often chosen to celebrate significant milestones, such as weddings or anniversaries, and to mark births and deaths. This talk will trace the journey of the rose across the centuries, from battles to bouquets, charting its botanical, religious, literary and artistic history. Dr Catherine Horwood will explore the story of what makes this botanical family so loved: from Cleopatra's rose-petal-filled bed to Nijinsky’s Spectre de la rose ballet; from the highly-prized attar of rose oil so believed by the ancient Persians to top-brand perfume labels today; and from Shakespearean myths about the Wars of the Roses to the significance of Queen Elizabeth's I's embroidered dresses.Dr Catherine Horwood is an experienced speaker and the author of many books on social history including Gardening Women: Their Stories from 1600 to the Present (Virago, 2010) and Potted History - How Houseplants Took Over Our Homes (Pimpernel Press, 2020). Her biography Beth Chatto: A Life with Plants (Pimpernel Press, 2019) was selected as the European Garden Book of the Year in 2020. She is also author of Rose (Reaktion Books, 2018), which was described by Gardens Illustrated as ‘a clearly-written, information-packed review of the historical, religious, cultural and artistic significance of the world's favourite flower’......

Week 2. 9th May: Graham Stuart Thomas and the Roses of Mottisfont Abbey with David StoneThis lavishly illustrated talk tells the story of the history and development of the ornamental Garden Rose. It also tells of the formation of the world-famous display gardens of Historic Roses at Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire, and the role of Graham Stuart Thomas, the National Trust’s Gardens Adviser, in their creation and establishment. The maintenance and care of shrub roses in general is also covered, with illustrations as to the pruning methods developed by the Garden Team of Mottisfont under their (then) Head Gardener, David Stone. David Stone was Head Gardener at Mottisfont Abbey from 1978 until 2014. For more than 20 years he worked closely with Graham Thomas at Mottisfont, and today is recognized as a leading authority on the history and cultivation of Historic Roses. He has lectured in Europe, the U.S.A, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. David Stone sits on the committee of the Historic Roses Group, for which he wrote A Newcomer's Guide to Old Roses, a booklet available from the HRG website, and has written on roses in the gardening media. In his spare time he also writes poetry. In 2014 he was awarded the British Empire Medal and made an Associate of Honour of the R.H.S.…..

Week 3. 16th May: My Time at David Austin Roses with Michael Marriott Michael says: I was very fortunate to work at David Austin Roses for 35 years starting not long after the introduction of the rose Graham Thomas. It was a wonderful opportunity to see the small Shropshire nursery grow to the very well-known institution it is today and along the way I met many people in the rose and wider horticultural world. I saw how roses are bred, trialled and then introduced at the Chelsea flower show. As the main representative of DAR I was invited or sent to various rose gardens and conferences around the world. One of my roles at the nursery was to design rose gardens – everything from small borders to major gardens and everywhere from the UK to Bhutan! I also helped with photography which meant visiting some wonderful private gardens. Altogether a wonderful experience. Michael Marriott has been a very keen gardener from a very early age going on to study Agricultural Botany at university. After 5 years working in the South Pacific he joined David Austin Roses in 1985 first as nursery manager and then as head rosarian spending most of his time advising gardeners from around the world on every aspect of rose growing as well as designing rose gardens. He also lectured and wrote about roses and visited rose gardens helping the owners and head gardeners with rose related issues. He has now retired from David Austin’s but continues to advise, lecture and write and has completed a book called RHS Roses published in May 2022. …..

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

Week 5. 6th June : Why the Rose with Jennifer Potter - Rescheduled dateI ask the rose, ‘From whom did you steal that beauty?’ The rose laughs softly out of shame, but how should she tell? Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi. In this final talk, writer and horticultural historian Jennifer Potter sets out to answer the question posed by the Persian poet, mystic and scholar, Rumi, more than seven centuries ago. What makes the rose so special to so many cultures around the world? How to explain its transformation from a simple briar of the northern hemisphere into the western world’s favourite flower? Ranging widely across cultures and art forms, the talk tracks the rose’s shifting associations with love, sex, death and the great religions of East and West, overturning along the way many cherished rose myths. When first approached by her publishers to write a book about the rose, Jennifer Potter secretly wondered if we really needed another book on the rose. Quickly hooked by this most potent of flowers, she spent the next five years researching and writing The Rose, A True History (Atlantic Books, 2010), embarking on a journey that took her from the rose fields of Iran to the White House Rose Garden. The author of four novels and six works of non-fiction, she wrote a celebrated biography of the John Tradescants; Strange Blooms, The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants (Atlantic Books, 2006), and followed her book on the rose with Seven Flowers and How They Shaped Our World (Atlantic Books, 2013), which has been translated into Chinese. .....

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