Over Gardening Club

Over Gardening Club meet on the third Wednesday of each month, usually at the Community Centre at 7.30pm.  Membership is £15pa and current members receive 10% discount on most items sold at Oakington Garden Centre.

Our speaker for the April meeting is Fiona Rose giving a talk entitled “In the Garden with William Morris: Flora as Art”.   More famous for his work inside the home, William Morris (1834-1896) made a significant impact on the evolution of the English garden. He considered the garden inseparable from the house, rejecting Victorian formality and instead drawing inspiration from medieval gardens.  This lecture examines his gardening principles drawing from Morris’s lectures, letters, poetry, and prose. It also explores his own gardens that served as an inspiration behind his flower-based designs: Red House, Kelmscott Manor, Kelmscott House and the garden at his factory Merton Abbey Works.