If its New Year, it must be time for some fascinating talks with Warwickshire Gardens Trust! We range from the evidence of resistance in an historic garden via Joseph Chamberlain's Highbury to the wonderful world of the Rothschilds at Exbury in Hampshire.

First up on January 14^th is a light-hearted foray into what is a serious subject:  namely, the way in which some in society may have felt antagonistic to the established order of garden ownership and management. All hovered on the fringes of legality and largely carried out actions in secrecy. This talk reveals some seven examples from the early nineteenth century onwards of illicit activities revealed during recent studies of the engineering works in the garden and park at Farnborough. These range from the Farnborough zebra and a Lovers Tryst, to Gentleman of the Road, Italian Prisoners of War, through to a Rock and Roll tribute tree.