Events and Tours

     The English Walled Garden

      An exhibition of needlework at Doddington Hall & Gardens in  

      association with the Royal School of Needlework

      2 August - 2 September 2009 - Lincolnshire

   Items from the RSN's Collection will form a major part of the    exhibition which will focus on the garden in embroidery and designs for embroidery.  To run in tandem with this special exhibition there are three embroidery workshops with Tracy A Franklin, Owen Davies and Paddy Killer and a lecture by RSN Archivist, Dr Lynn Hulse.

     Creative 3D Goldwork corsage
Workshop with RSN Graduate Tracy A Franklin
Monday 03 -Tuesday 04 August 

     Flow'rs worthy of Paradise: the Garden in Art Embroidery

     A lecture by RSN Archivist Dr Lynn Hulse

     Wednesday 5 August

    Translating nature into design was much debated among key figures in the   Aesthetics and Arts and Crafts movements.  Lynn will examine this debate  and its impact on the embroideries produced by the Royal School of Art  Needlework during the Victorian and Edwardian periods.

     Portraying gardens in embroidery 

     Workshop with RSN Graduate Owen Davies

 -  Wednesday 12 - Thursday 13 August 

     Cuffs and Ruffs in the Garden  

     Workshop with Paddy Killer - Monday 24 - Tuesday 25 August 

    Exhibition & house open: Wednesday, Sunday & Bank Holiday Monday from 1pm to 5pm