Thursday 7th August 2008, 6.30 for 7.00pm

The garden at Blackwell, which was completed in about 1900, does not have the obvious appeal that we usually associate with the Arts and Crafts garden. It has an architectural plan and level terraces supported by stone retaining walls, but it does not have the flower beds and borders associated with the type. Having recently suggested that the plan is based on an original proposal by local designer Thomas Mawson I will now discuss the development of the garden by M H Baillie Scott who designed the house. I will refer to old photographs to show that the garden never had such exuberant planting, and I will refer to Baillie Scott’s writings to suggest that he addressed other issues in his design for this garden. I will compare the garden at Blackwell with others of the period, in particular the garden at Grey Walls, Gullane, where Edwin Lutyens addressed the same issues, to illustrate the wider interests of the architects of the Arts and Crafts movement when they came to design gardens, which included health, recreation, the family and domestic economy.

Tickets £7.50 including a glass of wine (concessions £5 for students, Friends, Patrons and Benefactors of the Lakeland Arts Trust).

To Book for this lecture phone 015394 46139 (Early booking is recommended as there are limited tickets available).

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