King’s Lynn Civic Society holding lecture by associate professor in landscape history Sarah Spooner at Thoresby College on evolution of pleasure gardens

A civic society will be welcoming a special visitor with a talk about the evolution of pleasure gardens with particular reference to Norfolk.

King’s Lynn Civic Society will be visited by Sarah Spooner on Thursday, April 3 at 7.30pm in the Great Hall at Thoresby College in town.

She is an associate professor in landscape history at UEA.

The talk will be based around Georgian pleasure gardens and urban open spaces.

As the urban middle classes grew in number and wealth in the 1700s, they sought new ways to socialise and entertain themselves.

The Georgian ‘pleasure garden’ was a forerunner of the modern urban park – and many modern parks were developed in this period.

The ticket price for non-members is £2.50.