This event is the second in our series of talks run in partnership with Beth Chatto’s Gardens. Join us to explore the friendship between Beth Chatto and the painter and plantsman Cedric Morris – two pioneering figures who shaped the course of British gardening.
A horticultural protégé of Cedric Morris, the gardener and writer Beth Chatto credited Benton End with opening her eyes to what a garden could be. On Morris’s advice, she moved house to open her Colchester nursery on a site with better soil conditions, and later became one of the most influential gardeners of her generation.
Julia Boulton (CEO, Beth Chatto’s), Åsa Gregers-Warg (Head Gardener, Beth Chatto’s), Matt Collins (Head Gardener, Garden Museum) and Beatrice Prosser-Snelling (Project Director, Benton End House and Gardens) will join in conversation to tell the story of how Benton End – the historic Suffolk home and garden of Cedric Morris – relates to that of Beth Chatto’s Gardens. Expect a discussion between two places bound by friendship, a shared plant philosophy, and an enduring influence on the way we think about plants, gardens, and the natural world.
This event coincides with Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint, an exhibition that will explore the artistic and horticultural influence of Benton End, the Suffolk home, garden and art school led by artist plantsman Sir Cedric Morris and his life partner, artist Arthur Lett-Haines.
