Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Members are invited to book for the London Parks & Gardens Lectures Book the Full (ONLINE) Lecture Series before Monday 9 October (simply select each ONLINE Lecture) for a £5 discount (applied at checkout). Book ONLINE LECTURE SERIES Please see below for the full schedule. St James’ Park: Plants, Pelicans and...Read More
The Chilterns Walking Festival has just been published and we thought that many of you may be interested in signing up for the walks. Of particular interest is the one around Chequers boundary, Danesfield and Amersham Arts & Crafts Architecture. Click on the link to see the full programme: https://www.chilternsaonb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CWF-compresssed-Programme-Autumn-2023_final-compressed-compressed.pdfRead More
Autumn Programme September brings the restart of our online talks programme after the summer break. You can join us on Tuesday mornings from 12 September for a 7-part series on the wonders of the UK’s World Heritage landscapes. We’ll kick off with an introduction to World Heritage values and challenges, followed by a focus on...Read More
Dear Members I hope you are enjoying this lovely summer and managing to visit some open gardens. We have already held four successful events, the most recent being a private visit to the wonderfully restored Church Gardens in Harefield. If you missed this opportunity, I would highly recommend a visit, they open every Sunday during...Read More
Robert Marnock in Buckinghamshire: BERRY HILL Robert Marnock worked in South Buckinghamshire throughout the 1860s, the gardens he is known to have been involved with are: Hitcham House (formerly Blythewood), Berry Hill and Taplow Court. Which form a cluster to the East of the River Thames, all three sites changed hands around 1852 due to...Read More
The Early Life of Alexander McKenzie, the 19th Century Horticulturist and Landscape Designer Lisa White, PhD Research Student, University of Sheffield Landscape Architecture Department Monday 11 December, 6:00pm (Online) Alexander McKenzie from Carte de visite Photographic Collection at the RHS Lindley Library – Courtesy of RHS Lindley Collections. Alexander McKenzie’s first knowledge of horticulture, nature...Read More
If you missed this visit to a truly amazing and unique garden then put it on your bucket list. Their aim is better health and wellbeing through nature Lindengate is a community garden based next to Dobbies Garden Centre, Wendover and is an amazing ordered patchwork which actively contributes to the wellbeing and health of...Read More
Welcome to the Missing Pieces Project. As members know at the moment Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust has put the Research and Recording on hold after 10 years to take stock of future work, and catch up with outstanding projects. So at the moment the R & R are only undertaking urgent essential research and report or...Read More
Claire de Carle welcomed Trust members to St Dunstan’s Church, Monks Risborough for the 26th AGM of Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust on Saturday 22nd July. This was a rather unusual venue but its central location in Buckinghamshire, in the oldest recorded parish in Britain between the ancient roads of the Upper Icknield and Lower Icknield Way...Read More
Chesham Cemetery is now a Non-designated Heritage Asset (NDHA) During the covid lock-down the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust researchers, led by Dr Sarah Rutherford, continued to produce reports on public parks and cemeteries in the historic county as they were accessible. This recent article, printed in the local free monthly publication”Your Chesham” features a report...Read More
