BGHG Study Day: Public Parks in Britain over Time OPEN TO ALL

The Birkbeck Garden History Group is holding a Study Day to explore changing attitudes to public urban spaces and their evolution from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries.
This event is open to all.

Programme

Abstracts of the lectures and speaker information are found in the attached flyer.

10.00 am Registration and coffee
10.25 am Introduction. Chairman: Annabel Down, Landscape Architect-Garden Designer
10.30 am Privatising Public Space in Early Modern London
Speaker: Dr David Marsh, Garden Historian
11.30 am Short break
11.45 am People's Parks - the Proliferation of Urban Parks during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Speaker: Dr Paul Rabbitts, Environmental Services Manager, Norwich City Council and Parks Historian
12.45 pm Lunch
2.00 pm Public Parks in the Twenty-first Century
Speaker: David Lambert, Director, Parks Agency
3.00 pm Tea
3.30 pm Wembley Way to Park Life – it’s been a bit of a Blur
Speaker: Julian Tollast, Head of Masterplanning and Design, Quintain, Wembley Park
4.30 pm Close. Chairman: Annabel Down

The ticket includes a sandwich lunch, coffee/tea and biscuits. Booking closes at 23.00 on Tuesday, 25 March 2025.

If you have any questions, please email bghgbookings@gmail.com

Image at top of page: Arboretum, Derby, circa 1900