FACTUAL
John Claudius Loudon and Derby Arboretum
Monday 25 August 2008 9:30-9:45 (Radio 4 FM)
Historian Tristram Hunt explores the people and ideas behind our public parks.
A passionate advocate of parks for the people, Loudon put his well-documented theories into practice in Derby, getting involved in the placing of benches, the labelling of the plants and trees and the provision of reference tomes in the lodge.
