VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | RENAISSANCE PLEASURE GARDENS with Cathy Trinca

Take a journey through Northern Italy, Tuscany and Lazio looking at a number of historic gardens. From a base in the hill town of Montepulciano, Cathy travelled viewing gardens from the First Renaissance Garden in Pienza, through changes in style from Renaissance, Mannerist to Baroque. Cathy visits major gardens reflecting these styles ending at a modern interpretation of Renaissance at La Foce in Tuscany. Her talk will feature the gardens of lovely lakeside villas, fortified palazzos, playful water features, Renaissance parterres, hidden gardens and more. Contrasting with cloister gardens, these Italian Renaissance gardens were designed to encourage walkers to stroll around and explore, perhaps as distraction from everyday worries. We hope this talk can also provide some enjoyable distraction from our own lockdown worries!

Join Cathy Trinca as she presents her lecture RENAISSANCE PLEASURE GARDENS via ZOOM. Please ensure you have downloaded and signed up to Zoom before the lecture begins https://zoom.us/

The lecture will begin promptly at 10:10 am. Please ensure you are online before the start to allow admittance to the lecture. Lectures are not recorded and can only be viewed at the time listed on your ticket. Ticket sales will close at midday on day of lecture, unless sold out prior.

**Link to Zoom meeting will be emailed prior to the lecture. Please see note on your ticket. If you have any concerns, please email visitorservices@johnstoncollection.org**

Cathy Trinca is a long-time volunteer with The Friends of TJC and has been President since 2016 as well as a Friend and Voluntary Guide at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. She has a lifelong interest in and love of history, botany, horticulture, gardens, and travel. Cathy has combined these loves on a regular basis and travelled to Europe and Asia visiting historic cities, sites, and wonderful gardens. She will present a series of talks for The Friends based on a number of her recent travels as well as a historical tour in our own botanic gardens.

This online lecture is supported by The Friends of TJC
This online lecture is supported by The Colin Holden Charitable Trust

Image credit: courtesy of the speaker