Michael Brown
The Historic Gardener

Historic and modern garden consultancy. Talks and displays of historic gardening from Romans to present day. Author of ‘Gardens in the Age of Chivalry’, 2022, White Owl Books.

michaelbmike@gmail.com
07500 464149

47 The Leys
Denton
Northampton
NN7 1DH

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Talks/tours

These are just the titles, download the full descriptions of all talks at the bottom of the list.

• Garden History, Gardens and Plants

• Easter and Springtime Customs (includes flowers and some music)

• To Drive the Cold Winter Away (includes some music)

• A Rose by Any Other Name

• Death in the Garden (also available as a book)

• Gardens in the time of Jane Austen

• Shakespeare’s Flowers (can be given in full costume)

• A Bouquet of Weeds

• The Language of Flowers

• Capability Brown. Hero or Hooligan?

• Heritage Lost. The Menagerie and the Lost Grotto

• The Georgian Gardener

• A History of Gardening in 100 objects

• Eat Your Greens! The story of Vegetables in England

• Flora and Pomona

• In a Monastery Garden

• Knots and Bowers, The Tudor Garden

• Many a Sundry Flower

• Gods in the Garden

• The Glory of the Garden

• All in a Garden Green

• Early Gardening Methods

• Making a Splash

• Ghastly Gardening - Horticulture’s Horrible History

• The Sorcerer’s Herbs

• Plants among the Ruins

• We Made a Medieval Garden

• William Cowper and his Gardens

• A Medieval Christmas

• Pilgrimage - In search of Saints and Relics

• The Road to Santiago

• Food and Feast - Medieval Food and Banquets

• Courtly Love