An engaging tour of the Literary Garden by Professor Simon Hiscock, Director of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum, and Professor Fiona Stafford. This area of the Walled Garden contains majestic trees and woodland plants that are found in many literary forms.
Fiona is Professor of English at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She specialises in Romantic period literature, Scottish and Irish literature, place and nature writing. She is also a writer and broadcaster, whose books include The Long, Long Life of Trees, The Brief Life of Flowers, and Time and Tide: The Long, Long Life of Landscape. There will be an opportunity to purchase a signed copy of Fiona’s books at the end of the Tour.
