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28
Feb

Winter and Spring Flowering Shrubs and Trees by Michael Hunt

Winter & Spring Flowering Shrubs and Trees It is starting to warm up and the days are definitely lengthening.  Michael Hunt, our tree guru, has been out with his camera hunting down examples of “witch hazel” including Hamamelis X Intermedia “Glowing Embers”  Michael’s research shows that the hamamelis, witch hazel originated from three species found...
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23
Feb

Lottery – help raise funds for Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Research & Record Project

https://www.buckinghamshirelottery.co.uk/support/buckinghamshire-gardens-trust-project
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16
Feb

Amersham Museum – new Exhibition

Amersham Museum All of the museum’s in-house exhibitions are FREE to visit after admission to the museum. Sickness and Health February to July 2023 How are you feeling? From healing herbs and astrological almanacs, to medicine chests and COVID tests, our temporary exhibition explores medical history in Amersham’s past. If you were sick or injured...
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16
Feb

The Bicycle Boys

Introduction: The Bicycle Boys Image: Sam Brewster with bikes taken by Loyal Johnson, 18 August 1928. Credit: RHS Lindley Collections Buckinghamshire County Gardens Trust was delighted to take part in ‘The Bicycle Boys’, an exciting collaboration between the Gardens Trust and the Royal Horticultural Society. In 1928, two young Americans embarked on an epic journey...
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10
Feb

Gardens Trust Press Release on Victoria Tower Gardens

GARDENS TRUST PRESS RELEASE: Monday 28th January 2023 The Gardens Trust statement on Victoria Tower Gardens The Gardens Trust is deeply disappointed by Prime Minster Rishi Sunak’s declaration that his Government intends to repeal the legal protections afforded to Victoria Tower Gardens a public park adjacent to the Houses of Parliament. Five successive Conservative Governments...
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04
Feb

Buckinghamshire’s Local Heritage Listing: can you help?

Can you help with the Local Heritage Listing? Many members of Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust  have already contributed significantly to the Buckinghamshire Local Heritage list, which includes the Research and Recording groups 100 dossiers. The list is extensive and covers locally significant heritage sites, buildings, street furniture, public open spaces, public works of art, monuments etc....
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20
Jan

Winter 2022/2023 Newsletter

Photographs by Jackie Huntingford – Brush Hill, Whiteleaf Dear Members Well, we have made it to the end of our 25th Anniversary year and I hope that you enjoyed all our celebrations: the wonderful garden visits, the amazing tree walks and our fantastic lunch party at Hampden House. A big thank you to the events...
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15
Jan

Volunteer Wanted as Gardens Trust Community Champion for Buckinghamshire

Volunteer as a Gardens Trust Community Champion for Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust has been offered the opportunity for a member volunteer to join the GT Community Champions and help share our passion for historic parks, gardens and other designed landscapes, and our purpose to protect them, within the local community. We’re looking for volunteers to...
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13
Jan

Garden Museum Exhibition: Finding the Modern British Garden. 22nd March to 25th June

“The interwar period in Britain saw a flowering of artists who retreated to planting and painting in their gardens – their own private havens. This exhibition will bring together intimate depictions of gardens, greenhouses, and favoured specimens by artists including Charles Mahoney, Evelyn Dunbar, Eric Ravilious and Ithell Colquhoun. Conversely, this period also saw a...
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03
Dec

Special offer: ‘Mavis Batey: Bletchley Codebreaker, Writer, Garden Historian, Conservationist’. by Jean Stone

At the declaration of World War II in September 1939 Mavis Batey, then studying German Romanticism, abandoned her studies to do her duty for her country.  At Bletchley Park, Britain’s best keep secret, she became one of the first British codebreakers, a pioneer, breaking codes vital to bringing peace. Jean Stone’s unique biography of Mavis...
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