Third Thursday Lecture: The Gardens of Japan: Changing Through Time

To begin to understand and appreciate the gardens of Japan there is a need to understand the culture that gave rise to them. Gardens are not an isolated product of a country but the result of its historical, cultural and even geological development. It is therefore necessary to have an appreciation of Japan and the Japanese culture along with influences from abroad that have played a part in shaping the gardens to fully appreciate Japan’s garden tradition.

 

 

About the Speaker
Dr Jill Raggett is a Reader in Gardens and Designed Landscapes at Writtle College, Essex working in the Writtle School of Design, an Adjunct Professor at the Dalhousie University, Canada, and recipient of a National Teaching Fellowship awarded by the Higher Education Academy for innovative methods of enriching student learning. Her working life started as a gardener at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Garden at Wisley, and later at the Savill Gardens, Windsor. After completing a horticultural qualification she became a lecturer and now spends more time ‘growing’ minds than plants. Jill specialises in plant use, the restoration and conservation of historic gardens and the relationship between the arts and the designed landscape at both graduate and postgraduate levels, and the tutoring of students undertaking PhDs. She has travelled internationally looking at designed landscapes and readily admits that gardens-and-students was a great career choice.

Admission is free and all are welcome. Booking essential.