Linford Eats food festival returns in June Suitable for family and friends of all ages (including well-behaved dogs on leads), visitors can enjoy the grounds of Great Linford Manor Park MK14 5DZ at Linford Eats on Thursday 13th June. From 4pm until 8pm there’ll be a feast of food, drink, dessert, music, local traders, kids...Read More
We are delighted to announce that Winchmore Hill Open Gardens will be running again on Saturday 15th June from 12pm to 5pm. We are praying for sunshine! This year we have Hertfordshire House and Penn Estate, plus 12 gardens, wild flowers and allotments. We have Billy the Cabbie driving people around. And it is all...Read More
Just a quick message to say that Scannappeal are holding a number of open gardens events in Buckinghamshire this year with three that might interest our members. Wednesday 5 June -Tythrop Park Sunday 16 June – Chearsley Hill House Thursday 18 July – Tyringham Hall Here is the link...Read More
Come and meet the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Audience Engagement team at the Green Festival, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Newlands Park, Chalfont St Giles. HP8 4AB Sunday 9th June 10-5 We shall be in our new gazebo with the popular Garden History Lucky Dip. Are you an expert at naming trees? Can you identify historical garden...Read More
Join the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Outreach team at the Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens on Sunday 12th May pm Can you identify the garden objects and tell us their history? Check out the new Gazebo. Take part in the Tree Quiz. Delicious cake and tea. Wonderful gardens and wisteria. Plenty of parking. Read More
Sarah Gray, Membership Secretary, Recommends: There is a tour of Trinity College Oxford gardens on 15 May. Sarah went last Wednesday and it was lovely, with head gardener Kate, ex Botanic Gardens and RHS. Lots of pollinator-friendly new ideas. https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/gardens-seasons-tours Photographs by Sarah Gray Read More
Charles Bridgeman (1690-1738) Pioneer of the Naturalistic Landscape May 18th 2024 10am – 5pm. Hastoe Village Hall, Tring, Herts Despite being a popular designer in the early 18th century, Bridgeman’s place in garden history and many of his landscapes remained neglected over time. Although not so well-known as his illustrious successors, Capability Brown and...Read More
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Members and Guests are invited. Please download details from the link: Open Day Picnic at Hedsor 19th May 2024 (5)Read More
Date: Saturday May 18th 2024, 2pm Venue: Stony Stratford Library An Almost Impossible Thing follows the fortunes of six women gardeners in the years before the First World War, including their battles to change expectations of what women gardeners could do. It examines their lives in the context of suffragism, collectivism and Empire....Read More
The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust is often sent articles by other County Gardens Trust to share with our members. This month we have had two offerings, one from Brian Hoare, a retired Bursar from Eton College whose articles we have included in the past. He wonders if his piece on a lost Jekyll and Lutyens garden,...Read More
