Despite its rugged upland and industrial scenery, Yorkshire has a rich horticultural heritage which will be traced by Dr Gary Firth during a ten-week course on garden history at Christchurch, Ilkley.
The course begins on Wednesday, January 19, at 2.00pm. Dr Firth will trace the chronological development of the English garden with particular reference to Yorkshire.
Monastic and medieval developments like those at Mount Grace Priory will be followed by a consideration of Renaissance gardens in the formal Italian and French styles.
The county has plenty of landscapes displaying the skills of Vanbrugh, Kent and 'Capability' Brown, including Castle Howard, Nostell Priory and Studley Royal.
The Victorian return to formality will include estate gardens like Harewood and Broughton Hall as well as suburban and public gardens and the plantsmen's gardens of Yorkshire plant hunters like Reginald Farrar and Richard Richardson.
The Workers' Education Association course is open to anyone with an interest in gardens. For more details please ring 01943 831751.
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