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Lecture: Dynamic Planting: Combining Plants, Materials and Place
Matthew Wilson
Matthew Wilson is a garden designer, writer, radio and television broadcaster and lecturer. He is a regular participant on Gardeners’ Question Time. Matthew spent ten years with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) as Curator of Hyde Hall Garden and Head of Site and Curator of Harlow Carr Garden, and subsequently he became RHS Head of Gardens Creative Design.
In 2016 he established Matthew Wilson Gardens (matthewwilsongardens.com), a garden design and horticulture consultancy, working throughout the UK and internationally on projects ranging from courtyard gardens to large estates and corporate landscapes.
At the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show his ‘Welcome to Yorkshire’ garden won the prestigious People’s Choice award, voted for by TV viewers and visitors to the show.
Matthew’s talk examines how plants can be used to maximum effect whatever the shape or size of the garden. Using examples of gardens he has designed over the last 20 years, this talk considers the use of plants in relation to materials, place and vernacular, the architecture of plants and the importance of the garden in the wider environment.
Winter Lectures will take place on the third Thursday of the month at the Frank Theatre, Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL. Lectures are free to Friends on production of their membership card and students on production of their student card. Guests who are not members or students will be asked for a donation (suggested £5).
Attendees can use any University car park; the nearest are in University Walk and The Hawthorns – please see map with lecture details.
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We hope that you will be able to join us at the theatre but for those unable to travel the Zoom link is shown below:
Topic: Friends Bristol Botanic’s Zoom Meeting
Time: Sep 25, 2025 07:00 PM London
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84313374059?pwd=B2naXAYMgxPROA8rdE8u4qQBAtghbU.1
Meeting ID: 843 1337 4059
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