The recordings from the Ornamental plants in Historic Gardens-webinar is now available. You may choose to see the whole webinar in one recording or the different parts in separate recordings. Speakers from The Netherlands, Canada, UK, Sweden and Germany gave all different perspectives on Ornamental plants, and these are:
Lenneke Berkhout, Dutch Garden Historian: ‘General intro to plant movement and introductions, the influence of the floristry movement.‘
Renske Ek, Garden Curator at Het Loo: ‘Reconstruction a historical garden, how to decide on period, plants and design.’
Mark Laird, University of Toronto: ’18th Century Landscape movement, a period of expansion or retraction?’
Dr David Marsh, Trustee of the Gardens Trust: ’19th Century plant breeders and nurserymen explore the planting palette.’
Maria Löfgren, University of Gothenburg: ‘The emergence of «tapetgrupper» in the Nordic countries.’
Alison Crook, National Trust: ‘Keeping track – plant records and how to manage them.’
Lucy Pitman, Plant Heritage: ‘Finding and saving endangered cultivars in the UK’.
Linnea Oskarsson, POM The Programme for Diversity of Cultivated Plants, Sweden: ‘Preserving perennials plants; setting up a national gene bank, re-introduction of plants in the market.’
Cassian Schmidt, Hermanshoff Gardens: ‘The New German Style: adapting to change – skills, standards and sustainability of historic garden planting.’