Our line-up for the 2025/26 Winter Lecture series is now complete (see below).
Please note: Season tickets only apply to online access. If you wish to attend in person at our Live lectures, this will require a separate booking.
All lectures are recorded and seven days access is granted to bookers. If you are experiencing any booking issues, please email: office@londongardenstrust.org
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Tue 4 Nov 2025 19:00
ONLINE Unravelling the Tale of London’s Mulberry Tree Heritage
ONLINE (Zoom)
Although mulberry trees were introduced to Britain by the Romans in the 1st century AD, England’s legacy of ancient mulberries stems from a failed attempt by King James I in the 17th century to create an English silk industry. This talk will delve into the history, cultural and social associations of these ancient trees exploring some of their stories and connections to local surroundings.
Tue 4 Nov 2025 19:00
Live at The Garden Museum: Unravelling the Tale of London’s Mulberry Tree Heritage
The Garden Museum
Although mulberry trees were introduced to Britain by the Romans in the 1st century AD, England’s legacy of ancient mulberries stems from a failed attempt by King James I in the 17th century to create an English silk industry. This talk will delve into the history, cultural and social associations of these ancient trees exploring some of their stories and connections to local surroundings.
Tue 2 Dec 2025 18:00
ONLINE The Blitz as a Catalyst for Greening London
ONLINE (Zoom)
The delivery of new green spaces in London after the Second World War was one of the success stories of urban reconstruction; creating hundreds of acres of open space using bomb-damaged land as the nuclei sites around which larger parks could be assembled. This talk will show the range of space created on bomb-damaged land from pocket parks to larger green spaces, and describe how the metropolitan authorities sought to deliver them.
Tue 13 Jan 2026 18:00
ONLINE The Influence of Migration on Community Food Growing, Gardens and their Gardeners
ONLINE (Zoom)
This talk arises from a 2024 study looking at the influence of migration on community food-growing gardens and their gardeners. The session will explore the wonderfully vibrant community gardens in north London looking at what is grown, who is growing it and the benefit growing together brings.
Tue 10 Feb 2026 18:00
ONLINE The Restoration of Abney Park: Breathing new Life into a Magnificent Garden Cemetery and Nature Reserve – A Community View from Abney Park Trust
ONLINE (Zoom)
Tom Walker will document the journey to restore the Grade II listed park and buildings which began in the 1970s with the Save Abney Park Cemetery Campaign. Abney Park is one of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ garden cemeteries of London with a fascinating history.
Tue 10 Mar 2026 19:00
ONLINE Repton at the Ecological Climax
ONLINE (Zoom)
Humphry Repton is generally regarded as the third of the great landscapers who led the English Landscape Movement. Indeed many books have been written about him – and a very good one by the London Gardens Trust. So how come he has the reputation of a second-rate failure? This talk will anatomise Darlands Park, Totteridge, and inspect the entrails for proof of his importance, but there will be lots of pictures of other places as well.
Tue 10 Mar 2026 19:00
Live at The Garden Museum: Repton at the Ecological Climax
The Garden Museum
Humphry Repton is generally regarded as the third of the great landscapers who led the English Landscape Movement. Indeed many books have been written about him – and a very good one by the London Gardens Trust. So how come he has the reputation of a second-rate failure? This talk will anatomise Darlands Park, Totteridge, and inspect the entrails for proof of his importance, but there will be lots of pictures of other places as well. This talk will anatomise Darlands Park, Totteridge, and inspect the entrails for proof of his importance, but there will be lots of pictures of other places as well.
