We are pleased to announce that we have now completed reports on 15 artists’ gardens, all available to view here. We expect to have at least 20 reports in total out of a list of over 30 potential subjects. These 20 are certainly the most significant as they were not only prolific artists but,...Read More
As of January 2021, we have completed 80 dossiers on our locally important sites, available to view via our Research and Recording page. The new ones added in 2020 are: Bradwell Manor in Milton Keynes, Ceeley House (Bucks County Museum), Greenlands (Hambleden), Hampden House and two more parks in Milton Keynes, Caldecotte Lake and Ouzel...Read More
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CEMETERIES Cemeteries and their designed landscapes have long been of interest to our volunteer Sarah Rutherford. As Head of Historic England’s Register of Parks and Gardens she led a project to assess the significance of cemeteries across England, and since then as a consultant she has worked on various other cemetery assessment projects for...Read More
The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Award an Honorary Family Life membership to Michael Harrison, Estate Manager of Wotton House. The Buckingham Gardens Trust is pleased to announce that Michael Harrison, Estate Manager at Wotton House, Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, home of Mr and Mrs David Gladstone, has been awarded – with his wife Sarah – Honorary...Read More
A People’s Arcadia: The Ian Hamilton Finlay Improvement Garden at Stockwood Park, Luton Kate Harwood, Conservation and Planning Officer for Herts Gardens Trust Sunday 24th January 2.30 pm “In 1984, Luton Council commissioned Ian Hamilton Finlay of Little Sparta to design a garden at Stockwood Park. Finlay came up with six sculptural features set in...Read More
Buckinghamshire Lottery – Supports Bucks Gardens Trust Your support makes a real difference to our local community Win £100 for Bucks GT. Sign-up for only £1 a week! £25,000 Jackpot We get 50p from every £1 ticket and a further 10p goes to other good causes Join your community in making where we live an...Read More
Why not join the Bucks Gardens Trust in 2021? https://bucksgardenstrust.org.uk/membership/ If you’ve been following us this year, you’ll have seen there’s lots on offer, including: ✔️Great newsletters ✔️Events ✔️Research projects All from just £15 (£5 for students). You’d be most welcome! 🙂 Read More
Wotton House, Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire Home of Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust’s patron David Gladstone. In 1989 I was fortunate to meet Christopher Lamb, an architect who had worked with Donald Insall’s practice on the restoration of Wotton House under the guidance of the indefatigable Mrs Elaine Brunner who, in 1957, had purchased the main...Read More
Lockdown Letters to Horace: Art Installation In April 2020 Strawberry Hill, invited people to write a letter to Horace Walpole. The trust believed that the art of letter-writing felt more relevant than ever as people try to keep in touch with one another and the humble letter has more meaning than it might have done...Read More
Please note that all these gardens are in private ownership and therefore are not open to the public. The artists have been placed into two groups, an ‘A’ and a ‘B’ list. Click on the lists below to read the report on each artist. Those in the ‘A’ group had the greater connections with their...Read More
