La Mortola: In the Footsteps of Thomas Hanbury by Alasdair Moore
Alasdair Moore - La Mortola: In the Footsteps of Thomas Hanbury
Monday, July 31st 2023, 11 a.m., €19.50 per ticket
Huntington Castle and Gardens, Clonegal, Co. Carlow Y21 K237
A compelling talk presented by Alasdair Moore, author of La Mortola: In the Footsteps of Thomas Hanbury and Head of Gardens and Estate at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. Gardener and writer Alasdair Moore traces Thomas Hanbury's remarkable life and passion for horticulture, examining how a young man from Clapham, London, formed the finest private plant collection of his generation, with over 5,000 rare and exotic plants from Africa and Asia alongside native Mediterranean flora. Overlooking the sea on the Franco/Italian Riviera, La Mortola remains one of the most famous botanical gardens in the world, a classic gardenesque style estate on a promontory overlooking the Mediterranean.
Thomas Hanbury remains one of the outstanding figures of 19th-century horticulture, his legacy includes the gift of the gardens at Wisely to the Royal Horticultural Society. Yet, little generally is known about this Quaker philanthropist and lover of plants who was decorated by both the British and Italian governments. With unique access to Hanbury's diaries and family documents and drawing on his own gardening expertise and knowledge of La Mortola, Alasdair Moore follows in the footsteps of Thomas Hanbury; from his formative years in Shanghai to his life in Italy, as he battled to create his superlative garden.
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Alasdair Moore - La Mortola: In the Footsteps of Thomas Hanbury
Monday, July 31st 2023, 11 a.m., €19.50 per ticket
Huntington Castle and Gardens, Clonegal, Co. Carlow Y21 K237
A compelling talk presented by Alasdair Moore, author of La Mortola: In the Footsteps of Thomas Hanbury and Head of Gardens and Estate at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. Gardener and writer Alasdair Moore traces Thomas Hanbury's remarkable life and passion for horticulture, examining how a young man from Clapham, London, formed the finest private plant collection of his generation, with over 5,000 rare and exotic plants from Africa and Asia alongside native Mediterranean flora. Overlooking the sea on the Franco/Italian Riviera, La Mortola remains one of the most famous botanical gardens in the world, a classic gardenesque style estate on a promontory overlooking the Mediterranean.
Thomas Hanbury remains one of the outstanding figures of 19th-century horticulture, his legacy includes the gift of the gardens at Wisely to the Royal Horticultural Society. Yet, little generally is known about this Quaker philanthropist and lover of plants who was decorated by both the British and Italian governments. With unique access to Hanbury's diaries and family documents and drawing on his own gardening expertise and knowledge of La Mortola, Alasdair Moore follows in the footsteps of Thomas Hanbury; from his formative years in Shanghai to his life in Italy, as he battled to create his superlative garden.
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