Photographs Claire de Carle & JuG Chair’s Report to the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust, Saturday 20th July 2024 with extra notes 2023 has been another great year for the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust (Bucks GT) with our work and activities continuing apace, making us one of the most successful county gardens trusts. I will just give a...Read More
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust has been asked to extend this invitation to its members. Richard Wheeler is a member of Bucks GT. The invitation has been sent by Jayne Lewin (church warden) of the Church of St Peter at Alvescot. “Invitation to Buscot Gardens on Sunday 11th August 5.45 pm By the kind permission of Lord...Read More
Photographs from the award ceremony at Sheffield Botanical Gardens on Monday 15th July courtesy of Frankie at The Gardens Trust Notes from the Gardens Trust website: It’s been another fantastic year where volunteers from the Gardens Trust and County Gardens Trusts have been working tirelessly to help protect, conserve and promote historic parks and gardens....Read More
The Trustees and Council of Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust are thrilled that Claire de Carle, the Chair, who was nominated by them for The Gardens Trust Annual Volunteer Award, has been awarded by the judging panel a new award the Exceptional Achievement Award. The judging panel was so impressed by her activities that they decided to...Read More
Dear All Last week I enjoyed an evening visit to Old Keeper’s Cottage in Hedgerley Bucks, the visit was organised by Hedgerley Historical Society and I joined them on a recce. We were given an excellent talk by the owners at Hedgerley Memorial Hall, by the end the sun had broken through the clouds and...Read More
We have had an enquiry from Frans Van Humbeek, a Belgian aviation journalist who, for a database on Belgian Aviation Heritage, has made an enquiry regarding Eton (St John) Cemetery, upon which Dr Sarah Rutherford compiled a report (please see attached). Brian Hoare, retired Bursar to Eton College, also wrote a article on memorials to...Read More
Audience Engagement at Haddenham Open Gardens Last Sunday afternoon we took our gazebo along to Haddenham to the popular open gardens event in aid of the Florence Nightingale Hospice. There were twelve gardens open around the village and we set up at the Scout Hut in Banks Park, next to the ticket tent. Most people...Read More
A Visit to Dumfries House On a recent trip to Scotland, I had the opportunity to visit Dumfries House (not actually in Dumfries, but Cumnock in Ayrshire). I had heard so much about the house and watched the programmes on TV about how King Charles (then the Prince of Wales) had stepped in at the...Read More
Oxfordshire Gardens Trust invites members of Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust to an on line talk on Thursday 18th July at 6pm about St Katherines, Parmoor being given by Claire de Carle. There is no charge for this event and we hope it may be of interest to our members. No need to book just click on...Read More