As well as being a gardening writer, lecturer and speaker, Andrew Mikol has taught garden design and garden history. He is an inspirational speaker and for this talk he will share his knowledge of historic gardens and plants whilst drawing on the restoration project at Kenilworth Castle in particular.

Duncan Grant (1885–1978) was a British painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets and costumes. He was a member of the group of English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists known as the Bloomsbury Group. The JWM Collection at St Peter’s College is one of the largest private collections in the UK of his works. […]

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