There are many 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.41 is now available and includes lectures being offered by The Gardens Trust, Garden Museum, and other organisations during November and December.
THE GARDENS TRUST The Gardens Trust currently has 3 lecture series on offer: Craze for Collecting; Favourite Gardens; and Queer Gardens. Details of all three series can be seen on our Lecture Calendar No.41
See also our COURSES page for details of Gardens Trust sessions on Building the 18th Century Garden
LONDON PARKS and GARDENS (LPG)
The LPG Winter Lecture Series continues on 4 November with a lecture by Peter Coles on Unravelling the Tale of London’s Mulberry Tree Heritage. This will be both live at the Garden Museum as well as online. On 2 December Katharine Hersee, who has an MA in Garden and Landscape History from the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London, will deliver an online lecture on the topic The Blitz as a Catalyst for Greening London
View details of other forthcoming LPG lectures in our Lectures Calendar No. 41 where you will find links to further information and the booking process.
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY (RHS)
Join archaeologist Dr Sadie Watson on Wednesday, 26 November 2025 online from 18.30 -19.30 to hear her talk on Discovering Britannia: Gardening in Roman Times
THE WI LEARNING HUB
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THE GARDEN MUSEUM
There are several talks on offer during November or early December which focus on a range of aspects of garden design, sustainability or ecology. Speakers include Alan Titchmarsh, Nigel Dunnett & James Hitchmough, Mary Keen, Peter Korn & John Little, and a panel discussion involving Matthew Pottage, Kate Bradbury, Sean Harkin, Rebecca Evan & Shelia Das. For full details visit Garden Museum Talks
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.
Seminars in November are as follows:
Thursday 6 November: Maria Huhmarniemi (University of Lapland) will talk on the theme: Art and Educational Practices with Arctic Land and Communities - Online via Zoom only
Thursday 20 November: Riccardo Guarino (University of Palermo) will be talking on: Art, Nature, and Ethics: a biocentric critique of art installations in natural ecosystems Online via Zoom only.
The full IHR Autumn 2025 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.
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.