Within the garden walls at Hogarth’s House online at Richmond upon Thames
Talk, Wed 27 Jan 2021, free entry
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Address
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames,
Surrey,
TW / SW
Also at this Venue
Events at this Venue
date | event |
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Mon 20 Jan - Wed 20 Jan | The Thames from Hampton Court to Kew Virtual Tour |
Sat 16 - Sun 31 Jan | The Crow's Tale ONLINE SHOW |
Mon 18 Jan | Richmond Silent Bookclub online |
Thu 21 Jan | The Underwater Realm with My Camera |
Mon 25 Jan | Richmond Silent Bookclub online |
Mon 25 Jan | Zen Doodle Online |
Details
William and Jane Hogarth took on a second home in the country in 1749. The house stood in the corner of a mixed orchard which had been enclosed within a high brick wall in the 1670s. It had been built between 1713 and 1717 and the Hogarths immediately extended it by an additional room on each of its three floors. The family was to retain a connection with the property until 1808. Research into the history of the site has supported the lottery-funded Mulberry Garden Project now nearing completion. A handsome learning studio has been built beside the House. Hogarth’s serpentine ‘Line of Beauty’ has influenced both the architecture and the planting. The plot has become an innovative “exhibition garden” with planting and features telling its whole story, to be recounted in this talk. The mulberry from the 1670s was rescued after bomb damage and is now complemented by fan-trained fruits along the wall. The nut walk and skittle ground which Hogarth enjoyed have been re-created. A replica of the Hogarths’ pet memorials is still to come. A bothy, which will serve as a base for the volunteer gardening team, now stands where the stable with Hogarth’s studio above once was, and a small glass-house echoes that used by a nursery gardener there in the 1890s.
Event details
Dates | Times |
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Wed 27 Jan 2021 | 19:00 |
Prices
Free entry
Tickets are free but we encourage you to make a £5 donation for each talk
Also see
- Online
- Twickenham Luminaries
Directions
Map reference: TQ 180749 Lat: 51.46121 Long: -0.30180
Depending on the given area.
Tube stations within the borough: Kew Gardens and Richmond
South West Train stations: Barnes, Barnes Bridge, Mortlake, North Sheen, Richmond, St Margarets, Twickenham, Strawberry Hill, Teddington, Fulwell, Hampton, Hampton Court, Hampton Wick, Whitton.
Fast trains from London Waterloo to Richmond and Twickenham, via Clapham Junction. Semi-fast trains also stop at Putney. All stations are served by slow trains from London Waterloo.