This talk is the third in our series which will explore the personal visions of four creators of some of our Unforgettable Gardens: Sir Frank Crisp at Friar Park, Ian Hamilton Finlay at Little Sparta, Charles Hamilton at Painshill Park and William Aislabie at Studley Royal.

This ticket is for this individual session and costs £5, and you may purchase tickets for other individual sessions via the links above, or you may purchase a ticket for the entire course of 4 sessions at a cost of £16 via the link here.

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

Week 3. 17th Feb: Charles Hamilton at Painshill Park with Cherrill Sands

Painshill was the vision of Charles Hamilton, an artist, plantsman, and brilliantly gifted imaginative designer. He was inspired by two Grand Tours, landscape painting and new, exotic plant introductions from NE America, to create one of the finest English landscape gardens. Using contrasts in architectural style, landform and planting, Hamilton created a garden of illusion and mood. His circuit route revealed a series of scenes, continually changing, surprising and mystifying, intended to stimulate the senses and emotions of the visitor – a journey of discovery and delight.

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Cherrill Sands is a garden historian with an MA in the Conservation of Gardens, Landscapes & Parks from the Architectural Association. She has worked at Painshill, as a volunteer since 1993, and has been engaged as historical consultant since 2004. In 2013 she undertook a Lecture Tour of the USA for Painshill, presenting talks in Philadelphia, New York, and Chicago. She currently coordinates the Painshill archives. Cherrill is a former Chairman of Surrey Gardens Trust and remains part of their Research and Recording team. She also teaches and presents talks on garden history and theatre studies.