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A programme of visits and talks is published each year with details on this Events page.
Members can book through the on-line booking system http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/buckinghamshire-gardens-trust
or by contacting enquiries@buckinghamshiregardentstrust.org.u
Main points of policy:
· Members can book a ticket for themselves & up to 2 tickets for non-members/guests
· Price of tickets: we operate a price differentiation with guests paying 25% more
· Cancellations – full refund if BGT cancel
· Cancellation of a booking can be requested up to 7 days prior the event. A refund less the booking fee 6.5% plus VAT will be made to original form of payment.
· Cancellations of less than a week will be noted but refunds at discretion of the Event Organiser
· No refunds will be given on day of the event or retrospectively.
A copy of the policy can be found via the Link on the Home page.
Kay McHugh will give an illustrated talk via zoom about her family’s 25-year journey to restore and rebuild their 17th Century house and 3-acre walled garden. The talk will include a brief reference to the historical research about the property, the hard initial stages of rebuilding a home for a young family, creating a productive garden to feed that family, and finally, attempting to restore the garden to its former glory for the public to enjoy.
The walled gardens have been drawn back from the brink of dereliction and been transformed into an inspiring, innovative and sustainably productive garden.
These unique historic gardens lay beneath undergrowth and rubbish, unknown to the local residents of Harefield until they were discovered by Kay and Patrick McHugh in 1995, they have since devoted their lives to restoring the house and garden. The garden has been designed with features that are appropriate to its illustrious Renaissance past while incorporating contemporary ideas of organic growing, sustainability, and recycling. More recently the whole family has been involved in the project.
The 17th-century walled kitchen garden is packed with vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers. There are beautiful borders, an orchard with a pond and a historically fascinating arcaded wall. It first open under the NGS scheme in 2018, and today money raised from public open days is enabling work to continue on the restoration.
Photographs: Claire de Carle
https://www.churchgardens.co.uk/
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All members and guests are welcome to book.
Enquiries: enquiries@bucksgardenstrust.org.uk