STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CHAIRMAN ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GARDENS TRUST Few of us can remember a time when Queen Elizabeth II was not our Queen, and for all of us, she has been a reassuring and constant presence in an ever-changing and restless World. Throughout her long reign, her unfailing commitment...Read More
Great Linford Manor Park – works in park After the Annual General Meeting on Saturday 13th August at The Arts Centre at Great Linford Park, due to the high temperatures the planned walk was postponed. However, Ellie Broad, the project director of the work and a member of the Bucks GT gave a talk to...Read More
TREE OF THE MONTH Koelreuteria Paniculata The Pride of India also known as The Golden Rain Tree Despite the heat, following the Buckinghamshire, council member and dendrologist, Michael Hunt ventured out into the park at Great Linford to find the The Golden Rain Tree which was beginning to flower. Despite its name ‘Pride of...Read More
Volunteers of the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust carrying out their Research and Recording Project at Stoke Park in 2018. Image source, The Gardens Trust Image caption: Claire de Carle, second from left, researching and recording with other Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust volunteers at Stoke Park in Bucks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-62496383 Suffolk’s ‘historic’ parks and gardens project awarded grant A...Read More
Dear Bucks GT Picture a country lane west of Dunkirk, extensive marshalling yards to the west and soggy arable land and the retail park of Grand Synthe to the East. Through a car window, I spotted a parterre. The website of the nearby Ferme des Jésuites, an organic market garden specialising in leeks and micro...Read More
A country residence of British politicians since 1955, Dorneywood was previously the home of the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, Lord Courtauld Thompson, who purchased the property from the Parker family in 1919. Originally a farmhouse with several timber framed outbuildings, the house was rebuilt in 1920 after being severely damaged in a fire, and is...Read More
While on my walk around Haddenham open gardens, I chanced upon the garden of Jackie Hunt, the gardener at Turn End. Jackie and her partner, cabinet maker Will Andrews, live in the 200-year-old cottage next door to her boss Peter Aldington and her workplace, Turn End. The garden is tucked away behind the wichart walls...Read More
In June I finally got around to visiting the Haddenham Open Gardens, the event is held annually to raise funds for the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity. The gardens can all be visited on foot and a map showing the fourteen locations is provided with the ticket which represents incredible value at £6 per person (less...Read More
Author Archives: The Gardens Trust About The Gardens Trust Email – education@thegardenstrust.org Website – www.thegardenstrust.org West Wycombe : the perfect Georgian park? Posted on 09/07/2022 by The Gardens Trust After last week’s post about Sir Francis Dashwood, outlining the background history of West Wycombe and its wider landscape today I’m turning my attention to the pleasure...Read More
Italy Comes to Bedfordshire – Citrus Trees thriving in the Chilterns! I recently visited a friend’s house near Dunstable to tour her new garden and admire her citrus collection. She recently moved to an old farmhouse with around thirty acres so she could accommodate her hundred-plus citrus and their large polytunnel, as they were fast...Read More
