Happiness is Gardening. A lecture by Elizabeth Banks, President of the RHS.

"HAPPINESS IS GARDENING" a talk by Elizabeth Banks, President of the Royal Horticultural Society.

in aid of Integrated Neurological Services

Wednesday April 25th 2012.
Hampton School Performing Arts Centre, Hanworth Road, Hampton, Middx, TW12 3HP.
Bar opens 6:30pm, lecture at 7:30pm.

On Wednesday April 25th Elizabeth Banks, President of the Royal Horticultural Society, will give a talk in support of INS entitled 'Happiness is Gardening'. Mrs Banks was elected in 2010 as the first woman President of the RHS in its over-200 year history.

She is an outstanding landscape architect, known for her work on both historic and contemporary gardens. After a distinguished international career with Land Use Consultants, she set up her own consultancy in 1987 and has since won 5 Gold Medals for gardens at Chelsea. With her husband, she manages the 70 acre Hergest Croft Gardens, Kington, Herefordshire.

Mrs Banks is a forceful and often controversial speaker on radio and in conferences, who has lively and influential views on the practice of horticulture and its place in contemporary culture.

Tickets, which include a buffet supper with wine, are £28 each. Lecture only tickets are just £18.

Enquiries to INS on 020 8755 4000, or e-mail: admin@ins.org.uk.

Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012