Our guest speaker is Fiona Rose from Arts and Crafts Living

More famous for his work inside the home, William Morris (1834-1896) made a significant impact on the evolution of the English garden. He considered the garden inseparable from the house, rejecting Victorian formality and instead drawing inspiration from medieval gardens.

This lecture examines his gardening principles drawing from Morris’s lectures, letters, poetry, and prose. It also explores his own gardens that served as an inspiration behind his flower-based designs: Red House, Kelmscott Manor, Kelmscott House and the garden at his factory Merton Abbey Works.

Fiona’s interest in the Arts & Crafts Movement and in particular William Morris, began in her teenage years when she fell in love with Morris’s wallpaper designs. In 2009 Fiona turned her passion for the Arts & Crafts Movement into a career by starting her own business selling home interiors featuring designs by the great C19th designers. She has been lecturing about topics related to the Arts & Crafts Movement since 2010 and is an accredited lecturer with The Arts Society.