THE SOUL, ART AND HEALING POWER OF THE GARDEN

Our Study Days are seminars rather than lectures with limited nunbers, paced programme and layout to allow plenty of dialogue with the presenter and participant discussion

This Autumn, we are retuming to the deligtful surroundings of Romanby Golf Club Again we have chosen a personality with extensive knowledge and experience. Someone with excellent presentation skills, demonstrated widely (including on TV) on a set of topics which we believe will have very wide appeal.

Timothy, a renowned botanist is also a lecturer, writer and TV presenter. He sees plant life as an art form and has FOUR Chelsea Flower Show gold medals to his credit.

He is also an excellent communicator with a delightful witty and engaging style - which he uses to share his passion for plants, their variety and beauty. His twice shown BBC television series A BLOOMING HISTORY was a great success.

First, Timothy will take us through how gardens moved from food sources to a decorative setting for property

Next, he will describe how gardens developed into an Art Form which promoted the development of varieties and excellence of blooms

Finally, he will discuss historic healing powers of Gardens and just how much has been adopted by medical science

Our lecturer Timothy Walker says....

"Mankind has exploited the medicinal properties of plants for thousands of years, yet the role of plants in modern medicine is still considered to be peripheral by many people. This talk attempts to put the record straight and to show that plant products are used every day by all of us to relieve pain and suffering, to heal wounds and cure diseases."

Deatails of the day's programme is as follows: -

Timothy will host three interactive sessions: -

10.30 Registration opens with coffee and biscuits
11.00 The development and history of Gardens
12.30 Buffet Lunch
1.30 The emergence of Gardens as an Art Form
2.30 Tea/coffee break
2.45 The Healing Power of the Garden
3.45 Questions and general discussion
4.15 Close

How to book this event:

The event programme we are developing with Timothy will have morning and afternoon session with plenty of time for questions and discussion.

The cost will be £48 incudes Buffet Lunch wih morning & afternoon Tea/coffee

Please register you interest in attending with Jacquie our events seretary to secure your place eaither at the next lecture or by emailing eventshambleton@theartssociety.org

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Mr Timothy Walker

I read Botany at University College Oxford. After graduation, I worked as a trainee at Oxford Botanic Garden, the Savill Garden Windsor, and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. In 1995 I was awarded a Master of Horticulture by the Royal Horticultural Society of London.

From 1988 to 2014 I was director (Horti Praefectus) at the Oxford Botanic Garden. Between 1992 & 2000 the OBGHA won 4 gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show London. In 2009 the Botanic Garden was awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for providing imaginative educational programmes for adults, students, children, and the general public, thereby breathing new life into education for people of all ages and enriching their lives.

In 2010 I was elected as a Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London. In the same year I presented a 3-part series of films on the history of botany on BBC4.

Since 2014 I have been a tutor in Plant Biology at Somerville College, Oxford.

GALLERY