Tim Richardson: From Kelmscott to Sissinghurst – Revisiting the Arts and Crafts Garden

Early 20th Century garden literature at Coton Manor indicates the Arts and Crafts Movement and its horticultural doyenne, Gertrude Jekyll, were among key influences on the design of the garden. As a prolific art and garden historian, and the author of ‘Sissinghurst, The Dream Garden’, Tim will provide a comprehensive and engaging excursion into this formative period in British garden history. A lecturer with a capacity for hugely original insight, he will describe the planting, design and history of the movement’s most iconic creations, Kelmscott and Sissinghurt.

Tim Richardson is a garden/landscape historian and critic, the author of more than 20 books on the subject, including most recently The English Landscape Garden: Dreaming of Arcadia (2024). He was formerly gardens editor at Country Life and a regular columnist in the Daily Telegraph, and is currently art critic at The Idler. His 10-week online course on English landscape history is taught three times a year via Oxford University, and he was course tutor on the MA in landscape history at London University. Tim also founded and directs the Chelsea Fringe Festival.

*includes 10% discount in nursery