Elizabeth Banks, President of the Royal Horticultural Society, will give a talk in support of INS entitled ‘Happiness is Gardening’ on Wednesday, 25 April at Hampton School Performing Arts Centre, Hampton, Middlesex (further details and map below).
Bar opens 6:30pm, lecture at 7:30pm.
Tickets, which include a buffet supper with wine, are £28 each. Lecture only tickets are just £18. Download a Ticket Application Form here.
Mrs Banks was elected in 2010 as the first woman President of the RHS in its over-200 year history. An outstanding landscape architect, she is known for her work on both historic and contemporary gardens.
After a distinguished international career with Land Use Consultants, she set up her own consultancy in 1987 and has since won 5 Gold Medals for gardens at Chelsea. With her husband, she manages the 70 acre Hergest Croft Gardens, Kington, Herefordshire – featured in the photographs on this page, more at www.hergest.co.uk/the_gardens.html.
Mrs Banks is a forceful and often controversial speaker on radio and in conferences, who has lively and influential views on the practice of horticulture and its place in contemporary culture.
Hampton School Performing Arts Centre, Hanworth Road, Hampton, Middx, TW12 3HD. Map How to get there There is ample carparking, including designated disabled spaces close to the entrance of the theatre.
Download a Ticket Application Form
Further enquiries to INS on 020 8755 4000,
or e-mail: admin@ins.org.uk.
