European Gardens: A Thread Connecting Royalty, Rome And Rousseau – 9-30 June 2022
Following a successful introductory course to garden history in 2020, Stephen Smith returns with this series of lectures covering the history of European gardens. The course will cover the evolution of garden design as well as the progress of botany and horticultural science in countries across the Continent from the Renaissance to the Twentieth century. The relationship between gardens and architecture, painting and literature will be a running theme throughout the course.