An evolving garden
John Harrison
- Region:
- South East
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Subject enthusiast, experienced speaker
- Fee:
- Unknown: Depends on the group
- Category:
- Hobbies
- Updated:
- 14th October 2022
My garden now bears little resemblance to what was there 40 years ago, with more diversity and year-round interest. I achieved this with no grand schemes or dramatic make-overs, just a slow evolution motivated by my desire to enrich it. Most changes were opportunistic, and I tried to work with the garden not fight against it. In the talk I describe how the garden evolved, and why, illustrated with many pictures in different seasons over the years. See: jaharrison.me.uk/Talks/#Garden
Views: 302 | Enquiries: 1About John Harrison
My career was half as a Chartered Engineer and half as a chartered Ergonomics & Human Factors consultant. My talks draw partly on that but more on many other interests including: photography, fell walking, bell ringing, railways, bricks, human perception, maths ,... I have given around 250 talks to 100+ different groups. I'm based in Wokingham, Berkshire so limited to the surrounding area for in-person events (but online can be anywhere). Details of my talks are on my website at: jaharrison.me.uk/Talks
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by John Harrison
- Living Heritage
- English-style bells and bellringing
- The Settle to Carlisle railway
- Bricks and Brickwork
- Iceland - land of ice and fire
- The Pennine Way
- I'll Take the High Road
- More than meets the eye
- The Human Factor
- Footpaths - an endangered species
- The music of bellringing
- The maths of bellringing
- The Technology of Bellringing
- The maths of sea waves
- The evolution of electronic displays
- On Growth and Form
- Wheels within wheels
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