Garden Tours

Marion leads garden tours in the UK and abroad, tailored to a group’s individual interests. Please contact to discuss where you would like to go and what you would like to see

Illustrated talks
Marion gives a variety of talks on different subjects, all lavishly illustrated with digital images. Marion confidently speaks to groups from 20 to 350 as well as providing an alternative to after-dinner entertainment. Please contact to find out more about the talks and how they might interest your group.


Diary – Forthcoming Events

3 November, 1pm .“Gardening Friends” - the passions, influences and shared secrets of well-known Edwardian gardeners, including Alfred Parsons and William Robinson. - Hampshire Gardens Trust, Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester, SO23 8TH. Open to non-members.
Tickets: See http://www.hgt.org.uk/events-listing/hgt-research-group-annual-lecture

25 February 2012, 2.30pm .‘Somerset Gardens – some well known, some hidden, and the characters who made them’ – Somerset Plant Heritage Group, Edington Village Hall, Edington, Nr. Bridgewater, TA7 9HA, Somerset. Open to non-members.
For details :http://www.nccpg.com/In-your-area/Local-Groups/Somerset.aspx

19 – 23 March 2012, “A gilded sun with a skylight to illuminate”: Restoration of the Temple of Apollo at Stourhead”
Conference: Domes in the world, which will be held in Florence,

17 May 2012, 7.30pm .Somerset Gardens – some well known, some hidden, and the characters who made them’ – Taunton and District Civic Society. Venue – tbc
For details: secretary@tauntoncivic.org.uk

21 May 2012, 8.00pm .Somerset Gardens – some well known, some hidden, and the characters who made them’ – Fagus Gardening Club, Nailsea Methodist Church Hall, Chapel Precinct, 74 – 76 Silver Street, Nailsea, BS48 2DS.
Tickets: Felicity Pine, Tel. 07816 279906/ 01275 848814

‘Thank you so much, your talk was mesmerizing and we’ve had many grateful and good comments from the audience’  SCT – Hampshire Gardens Trust

 

Marion leading a group at the cascade
in Virginia Water, Surrey

Tours

12/13/14 June 2012      
The Broadway Arts Festival, Broadway, Worcestershire
Marion will lead tours to some of Broadway’s finest private gardens including those designed by the artist Alfred Parsons. In addition she will give two illustrated talks on the background of the people, life and gardens of Broadway in the Edwardian era.
www.broadwayartsfestival.com