Upcoming Events › Erasmus Darwin House Events
August 2021
“Time to Refresh” – a guided walk in our herb garden
Lose yourself in our peaceful historic Herb Garden and join a gentle guided walk led by members of our gardening team. Listen to stories of the herbs, taste and smell some, and learn about their age-old properties for health and wellbeing. Tickets available here
Find out more »“Time to Refresh” – a guided walk in our herb garden
Lose yourself in our peaceful historic Herb Garden and join a gentle guided walk led by members of our gardening team. Listen to stories of the herbs, taste and smell some, and learn about their age-old properties for health and wellbeing. Tickets available here
Find out more »Lunar Lecture – Erasmus Darwin’s Gardens by Professor Paul Elliott
Erasmus Darwin’s Gardens by Professor Paul Elliott, Derby University The role of the botanic garden near Lichfield in Erasmus Darwin’s career is well known, especially the inspiration it provided for his poetry, but he also kept gardens and what he called an orchard or farm when living in Derby. This talk examines the relationships between Darwin’s gardens at Lichfield and Derby and his work in medicine, botany and natural history, represented especially by the Botanic Garden (1791), Zoonomia (1794/6) and…
Find out more »“Time to Refresh” – a guided walk in our herb garden
Lose yourself in our peaceful historic Herb Garden and join a gentle guided walk led by members of our gardening team. Listen to stories of the herbs, taste and smell some, and learn about their age-old properties for health and wellbeing. Tickets available here
Find out more »