2026 Dorset Gardens Trust Christmas Lecture and Lunch
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2026 Dorset Gardens Trust Christmas Lecture and Lunch 〰️
We welcome our former editor of the Dorset Gardens Trust Journal, Christopher Stocks
who will be talking about his latest collaboration with Angie Lewin, The Book of Garden
Flowers in which he tells the fascinating tales of nineteen cultivated flowers and their
journeys from distant corners of the world to British gardens. Revealing new stories
behind some of our most familiar and unusual garden plants, he explores the
horticultural history and floral folklore.
He is a writer and journalist who has written on a wide range of subjects for a number of
publications including Gardens Illustrated, as well as writing a weekly gardening column
for The Independent on Sunday. His books include Forgotten Fruits: The stories behind
Britain’s traditional fruit and vegetables.
Date: Tuesday, I December 2026 Time: 11.00 for Coffee and Tea
Venue: Cerne Abbas Village Hall Cost: £25
Booking can be in advance, but you may chose to pay on the door. Non members are welcome if accompanied by a DGT member
Please email enquiries@dorsetgardenstrust.co.uk with any enquiries.
Welcome
As a Charitable Trust, we work with schools, garden owners and national bodies to educate, highlight and encourage the conservation and restoration of designed landscapes ranging from the grounds of stately homes to cottage gardens.
We help schools set up and run gardens and we organise visits, lectures and events where members can share their interest and knowledge in a sociable atmosphere.
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History of the Trusts
The County Gardens Trusts were started in 1989 to promote the conservation of historic parks and gardens, Dorset being one of the first.
The Trusts are registered charities and come under the umbrella of The Gardens Trust, which acts on their behalf when dealing with central government and national bodies. The Gardens Trust was formed in July 2015 by a merger of the Association of Gardens Trusts and the Garden History Society.
Our aim is to ensure that all Dorset’s significant designed landscapes, rural and urban, including gardens and parks, churchyards, public parks, open spaces, cottage gardens, townscapes and cemeteries, whatever their size, are given due recognition so that the pleasure and value of this heritage can be appreciated by us and by future generations. No historic landscape, rural or urban should be lost through ignorance or neglect.