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Gwen Miles
17
Sep

Chilterns Walking Festival – Autumn 2023 now live

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.pdf
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09
Sep

Gardens Trust Autumn Programme

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...
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26
Aug

Summer 2023 Newsletter

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...
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26
Aug

Robert Marnock : Berry Hill

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...
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12
Aug

Lecture:The Early Life of Alexander McKenzie, the 19th Century Horticulturist and Landscape Designer

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...
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05
Aug

Visit to Lindengate, Wendover Road, Aylesbury – Wednesday 12th July

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...
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05
Aug

Can you help? Greensand Country Landscape Partnership & Missing Pieces Project

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...
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04
Aug

AGM & Talks: John Nash, local artist by Joanne Mirzoeff, Historic St Dunstan’s Church by Rev. Peter Godden and an AGM

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...
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08
Jul

Chesham Cemetery “positive feedback for Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Cemetery…”

  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...
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Botanicactus
29
Jun

Discovering the Gardens of Mallorca – Claire de Carle

Discovering the Gardens of Mallorca I recently had the opportunity to visit a wide variety of gardens on the island of Mallorca. It was a two-centre holiday with two nights in the capital Palma and the rest of the week in the lovely resort of Port de Soller on the mountainous north side of the...
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