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
Photographs c Creating something new yet fitting Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens, new extension The Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens is a Grade 1 registered, beautifully landscaped garden and burial ground for cremation ashes in South Buckinghamshire. The Gardens were designed by landscape architect Edward White of Milner, Son and White, and built in the 1930’s. Over...Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Thompson Phd The Trustees, Council and members of the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust congratulate Michael on completing his dissertation on ” Humphrey Repton and the Architects” and being awarded a Phd by the University of East Anglia, brilliant and we now wait for its publication. Michael (Mick) graduated from Middlesex Polytechnic...Read More
QR codes for Buckinghashire Gardens Trust At the “Rare Plants Fair” we were asked for our QR code which we did not have. Now we do courtesy of Tomas at Framework Digital our website provider and solver of challenges. We shall be using these QR codes on posters, leaflets etc. so watch this space. A...Read More
Photographs Claire de Carle & JuG Link for Wotton House & Estate photography by Bucks GT member www.photographybyJuG.com Visiting Wotton Estate – if you missed the tour of the grounds of this remarkable estate then they are still available until 6th Septembe 2024 The Capability Brown Pleasure Grounds at Wotton, currently undergoing restoration, are related...Read More
Photographs from the award ceremony at Sheffield Botanical Gardens on Monday 15th July courtesy of Frankie Taylor 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...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
