Alan Titchmarsh 'In Conversation' to Launch Chiswick Book Festival

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Will be talking with Rosie Fyles, Head Gardener at Chiswick House

The festival charities receive their very big cheques

April 30, 2023

This year’s Chiswick Book Festival will begin with an event with garden writer and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh.

On Thursday 7 September, he will be at Chiswick House talking with Rosie Fyles, Head of Gardens at Chiswick House & Gardens Trust.

They will be discussing the iconic gardens at Chatsworth and Chiswick in the first event of the fifteenth Chiswick Book Festival. He will be promoting his new book on Chatsworth: Its gardens and the people who made them.

The talk will cover important moments in the history of these celebrated Gardens, especially during the time of the 6th Duke of Devonshire who owned both Chatsworth and Chiswick House. They will also discuss the two iconic gardens in the present day.

“Chiswick and Chatsworth’s garden histories are very much entwined. I am looking forward to talking to Alan about his new book, his insights into Chatsworth’s gardens and asking him about his rich and varied career,” said Rosie Fyles.

Xanthe Arvanitakis, Director of Chiswick House & Gardens added, “The combination of Alan’s passionate knowledge of the Chatsworth Estate, and his long-established relationship with the Cavendish family, together with Rosie’s hands-on knowledge and experience of Chiswick Gardens is sure to make for a lively conversation,”

“This will be the 15th Chiswick Book Festival and we couldn’t have a better combination of speakers and subjects for our Chiswick House & Gardens evening, which is always eagerly anticipated by book lovers in West London,” said Torin Douglas, Director of Chiswick Book Festival.

The talk will be held in the Garden Pavilion at Chiswick House & Gardens at 7pm on the evening of Thursday 7 September 2023, followed by a book signing. Doors will open, with books and drinks on sale, at 6pm. Tickets - price £15 - will go on sale in July and Members of Chiswick House & Gardens Trust will get a week’s priority booking.

Find out how to become a Chiswick House & Gardens Trust Member here.

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