Me, with view of my historic wheelie bins! 

I have been giving lectures since 2000, and am currently taking bookings for 2009 and beyond. 

My clients include:

• The Eden Project
• National Portrait Gallery
• Imperial War Musem
• Painshill Landscape Garden Trust
• Blenheim Palace
• Waddesdon Manor
• Dulwich Picture Gallery
• The National Trust (at many individual properties and for branches of the Members' Association)
• Northampton Museum
• Chelsea Physic Garden
• the Universities of Essex, Reading and Kent
• the University of the Third Age
• local gardening, history and natural history societies and the Women’s Institute.

All my lectures (apart from one) are slide illustrated and can be adapted to suit your needs as regards timing  - from 45 minutes to 1½ hours or longer.  Many can be arranged to incorporate a refreshment break if necessary.  A full list of the lectures I can currently offer can be found by clicking on the appropriate arrow at the side of the page.   I can provide my own slide projector and screen, although if your organisation could lend me both for the booking, that would be appreciated as neither are particularly portable!

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I also offer two longer lectures, designed to give a more in depth look at the history of gardening in a “study day” format, ideal for both large and small groups wishing to explore the subject further.  The day is broken down into four easily digestible units of 1 – 1½ hours, and incorporates a 20 – 30 minute morning break, an hour for lunch, and a similar break in the afternoon.  This format also allows ample time for group discussion   Study days are ideal for universities, colleges, museums and gardens with a public lecture programme, or for private groups wanting something “a little different” for their members, perhaps as a fundraising event or special interest day.

* For the glory of the garden, may it never pass away" -the final line of Kipling's famous poem "The Glory of the Garden"