Author Holly Kerr Forsyth presents this wonderful six-part-series of lectures entitled Gardens of Eden: among the worlds most beautiful gardens, based on her new book of the same name. Her writing on gardens, landscape, environment and social geography can be found each Saturday in The Weekend Australian.

From the glorious paradise gardens of Persia, to the Buddhism-inspired landscape aesthetic of China and Japan, the restrained gardens of Italy and the subtle hues of France, the treasure-filled gardens of England, and the open spaces of Australia, Gardens of Eden seeks to explain the central themes – the heart – of garden making.

Details in June LOOK.

10 July
Italy and France: from the Medicis to Le Notre

The three design essentials: Water, stone and evergreens.

17 July
The European influence on the 18th century English landscapers

The European influence on the 18th century English landscapers: Kent, Brown, Repton. Gertrude Jekyll and her influence on Australia’s Edna Walling. William Robinson and the Arts and Crafts Movement. How did this influence Australian gardeners? Where to Now?

24 July
The Importance of the Garden: from politicians to writers and artists

The Importance of the Garden: from politicians to writers and artists. A Sense of Place: a Place of Peace. From Washington and Jefferson to Casanova, Vita Sackville-West, Constance Spry and Japan’s Shiro Nakane.

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