Sunday will provide an opportunity to look at some of the sites
and artefacts on the ground. An itinerary will be organised, which will take
in a variety of gardens encapsulating the themes and topics covered in the course.
Gardens to be visited (subject to arrangements being made with their owners)
will include Millichope Park (Salop). Fernley Hall (Salop), Great Witley (Worcs)
and Wightwick Manor (Staffs).
David
Whitehead is a part-time lecturer for Birmingham University and the Open University
where he teaches courses with a bias towards architectural and landscape history.
His first love is garden history. He fills a regular slot in the RHS programme
at Pershore College and has worked on research projects for English Heritage,
English Nature and several local authorities. He is presently working on the
Historic Gardens of Herefordshire for the Hereford and Worcester Parks and Gardens
Trust, which will be published next year, Channel 4 has used him as a consultant
for their new Lost Gardens series. He is chairman of the Picturesque Society
and has written extensively on Humphry Repton and his partnership with John
Nash.
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