John Tradescant and his son, also John. They were an extraordinary pair: Gardeners to the aristocracy and royalty in the C17th, as well as plant hunters, nurserymen and founders of the first museum to be open to the public. Famous in their own lifetimes, and continuously in the centuries since, their lives have even been romanticised by a modern novelist. The pair are buried in the same grave in the grounds of St Mary's Lambeth, which is now the Garden Museum.

David Marsh is Course Director for an MA in Garden History and an honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham and also supervises PhD students! Until very recently, David was a trustee of the Gardens Trust, the national campaigning body for the protection and support of our historic parks, gardens and designed landscapes.

Book now via our website. www.warwickshiregardenstrust.org.uk Tickets are £5.00 - Free if you join as a member!