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