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Guest Speaker: Lionel de Rothschild Exbury Gardens Celebrates its Centenary Lionel de Rothschild created the woodland garden at Exbury between the wars and this year it has been celebrating its centenary. This extraordinary 200-acre garden contains rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, magnolias and acers as well as many rare trees; its creation coincided with the second great wave of rhododendron introductions, especially from the Sino-Himalayas. Lionel wanted to do with woodland plants what Jekyll and others were doing with herbaceous borders; in reaction to the fussy style of late Victorian bedding schemes he wanted to move to a more natural feel. He wanted the plants to look at home and feel at home and had strict ideas about colour clashes. That he achieved all this in a mere twenty years is extraordinary. His energy and attention to detail were extraordinary; sadly, he did not live to see it mature, dying aged only 60 in 1942. Lionel de Rothschild The gardens were continued by his son Edmund and his other son Leo Founder of Exbury Gardens installed the steam railway. The gardens retained the form envisaged by Lionel though much planting has changed within it. It has been open to the public since 1955. Now it is owned by a charitable trust and the family is still closely involved, facing the challenges of operating in the twenty-first century. About the Talk Lionel de Rothschild is the grandson and namesake of its creator and will outline its history, show slides of some of the highlights and of his grandfather’s hybrid creations and touch on the changes over its 100 years. He will relay family anecdotes about his grandfather's meticulous nature, his passion for unique collections and the historical figures that inspired and advised him in the creation of Exbury. Lionel has written on rhododendron hybrids, on Exbury Gardens, and has lectured on the gardens and its creation. He is a trustee of The Rothschild Archive London, and has published works on horticulture, photography (the Rothschild autochromes) and the Rothschild Family Tree. He is closely involved with the running of the gardens. .

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