Garden Making between the Wars
Gardens Trust talk in which garden & landscape historian Barbara Simms looks at he years 1920-1939 in England, considered to be two decades of new thinking and surprising vibrancy and vision despite their setting of the aftermath of war, financial crises, unemployment, the abdication of King Edward VIII and the imminent threat of a Second World War. It was an age of consumerism, unprecedented development and suburban expansion and one in which ‘modern’ concepts of design from Europe and the United States of America began to be more widely seen in architecture, interiors and domestic goods. This talk examines the extent to which modern ideas from abroad also influenced interwar gardens, in contrast to nostalgia for the romantic, plant-focused gardens in fashion before the First World War. It also considers how far ownership of a house and garden represented the countryside idyll, with an emphasis on traditional village life and a desire for fresh air.
Time: 10:00 GMT
