There are various organisations offering lectures and talks, many of which are online or hybrid events, but an increasing number are also now being advertised as face-to-face events. Some of the key delivery organisations are listed below.
Our monthly Lectures Calendar No.42 includes lectures which are being offered by The Gardens Trust, London Parks and Gardens, The Garden Historians and The Georgian Group between December 2025 and April 2026.
THE GARDEN HISTORIANS
See our COURSES page for details of The Garden Historians latest course
THE GARDENS TRUST The Gardens Trust has 2 new lecture series starting in January: Women Crossing Boundaries (in partnership with FOLAR), and Empire, Plants and Gardening. Details of both series can be seen in our Lecture Calendar No.42
LONDON PARKS and GARDENS (LPG)
The LPG Winter Lecture Series continues on 13 January with a lecture by Mary Kuhn, an LPG researcher. who will be giving a lecture (online) on the topic: The Influence of Migration on Community Food Growing, Gardens and their Gardeners.
View details of other forthcoming LPG lectures in our Lectures Calendar No. 42 where you will find links to further information and the booking process.
THE INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON: History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes SEMINARS
The History of Gardens and Landscapes Seminar provides a forum for historians and researchers, artists, practioners and interested members of the public to explore and discuss issues related to the history, use and meaning of gardens and the designed landscape and their importance in the public realm today.
The theme for the Spring 2026 Term Programme is VERDOPOLIS - Green Space and the Urban Landscape, and starts on Thursday 15 January with a session led by Ines Babnik from the University of Ljubljana on the topic: Historic Gardens and the Future of Urban Greening. The seminar will be online via ZOOM. For further information
As the full IHR Spring Term schedule will not be publiahed on the IHR website until a few days before the event, please use the link below to access the seminar on 15 January. If you plan to attend this online seminar please let the IHR know once the information is available on their website
To access the seminar click this link
The full IHR Spring Term 2026 programme can be accessed here.
Seminars are free to attend but booking is essential.All seminars take place on Thursdays from 18.00 and are a mixture of online and hybrid events.
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY (RHS)
~~ None Current ~~
THE WI LEARNING HUB
~~ None Current ~~
THE GARDEN MUSEUM
~~ None Current ~~
COUNTY GARDEN TRUSTS
In additon to these there are many County Gardens Trusts and other institutions offering occasional lectures: these will be found in our Lectures Calendar above which shows all the lectures BGHG is aware of from a wide variety of sources.. Other organisations offering occasional or regular lectures and talks include The Georgian Group, The Victorian Society and the Linnean Society. Whilst some lectures will be restricted to their members, others will be open to all.