MA Garden History by Research

University of Buckingham

The University of Buckingham’s Master’s programme in Garden History offers the opportunity to pursue research at Master’s level in any one of a wide range of garden- and landscape-related topics: from explorations of individual sites their designers, gardeners and owners to studies of the social and political use of gardens, or aspects of their heritage conservation and management. While individual research topics should be closely focused, the course encourages students to take a broad contextual view of the links between gardens and designed landscape, and of history and culture more generally. The Master’s degree can be taken either full-time and completed in a single academic year, or taken part-time and extended over two years. Although original individual research is the prime focus of the programme, there is also a strongly collegial aspect to the course, as all research students meet regularly throughout the year for a series of early-evening seminars delivered by a range of distinguished academics, professional garden historians and owners and managers of designed landscapes.