TALK Norwich - City of Gardens

Daniel Defoe described a charmingly pastoral city during his tour of Britain, 1724-26. “The walls of this city are reckoned three miles in circumference, taking in more ground than the city of London; but much of the ground lying open in pasture-fields and gardens.”

We might not have so many “pasture fields” now but Norwich is still an exceptionally green city. This talk is an exploration of the many green spaces in our city from public parks to hidden gems, wildlife spaces to therapeutic gardens.

This is the first memorial lecture commemorating the work of Fred Dustin, a photographer and Norwich Society member who passed away in 2023 having recorded so many Norwich landmarks for our centenary celebrations in that same year.

Vanessa Trevelyan is a past Chair of the Norwich Society and currently Chair of the Norfolk Gardens Trust.

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