Japanese Gardens: What, Why and How?
Neil Dickinson
- Regions:
- Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Essex, Hertfordshire
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Hobby
- Fee:
- Paid: ca. £60 plus travel depending on distance
- Category:
- Hobbies
- Updated:
- 2nd September 2024
The peace and reflective calm of Japanese gardens and gardening style is admired across the world, but what are the elements that contribute to this style, why do they feature and how are they used and maintained? The speaker has spent many years absorbing the ethos of Japanese gardens, and with the aid of numerous photographs taken in Japan and the UK, covers various types of Japanese garden and garden features, how best to approach an understanding of them and how they can provide inspiration for garden design here in Britain. Length of talk 50 to 60 minutes. Can be adapted by arrangement.
Views: 648 | Enquiries: 5About Neil Dickinson
My working life was spent as an industrial chemist and I have enjoyed a variety of other interests yet I’ve always been particularly fascinated by the ingenuity and brilliance of humans over history to develop resources and shape them to our own needs, be it for great good or to terrible ends, and sometimes for both, as accepted wisdom and circumstances have often changed over time. I present several illustrated talks on various topics with, when appropriate, a degree of humour attached. I always look forward to questions from my audience at the end of the talks which can reveal some fascinating further details and discussion.
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