Writing Darwin's Garden at the Mount; Darwin, Gardens and the Literary Imagination with Jude Piesse

Jude Piesse has recently published a book about Darwin's forgotten garden at The Mount, his boyhood home in Shrewsbury. Jude discovered the garden for herself by chance, after moving in next door to the site. While raising a young family, Jude spent time exploring The Mount; walking the pathways with a newborn, she traced the paths and re-imagined the garden in its heyday.

In this talk Jude explores not only the importance of gardens to Darwin (who never stopped thinking about The Mount and used garden imagery in On the Origin of Species) but gardens more generally. Gardens provide writers with unique opportunities to explore humanity's relationship with nature. Join Jude for what is sure to be a thought-provoking hour.