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08
Aug

Charter Square Gardens, Sheffield City Centre

Charter Square Gardens, Sheffield City Centre On my recent visit to Sheffield for the Gardens Trust – Volunteer Celebration event, I had an hour to spare and decided to take a short walk from my hotel in St Mary’s Gate up Charter Row towards the city centre. I was very pleased to find that this...
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08
Aug

Advolly Richmond visits Plas Brondanw, Gwynedd, Wales for Gardeners World

PLAS BRONDANW  Gwynedd Wales – one of the most spectacular ‘borrowed landscapes’ in the UK. Advolly Richmond visited another historic garden on Gardeners World last week (2/3/24) The former home of the architect, Clough Williams-Ellis the creator of Portmeirion made famous in the 1960’s by the iconic TV series ‘The Prisoner’. The garden has not...
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02
Aug

Guided tour of Buscot Gardens, Faringdon, Oxon. by Richard Wheeler – Sunday 11th August 5.45pm

Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust members have been invited to attend a guided tour by Richard Wheeler (Bucks GT member)of Buscot Gardens, Faringdon  in aid of restoration and repairs of  the Church of St Peter at Alvescot                                                     on Sunday 11th August 5.45 pm Tickets: £30 see below By the kind permission of Lord and Lady Faringdon and...
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02
Aug

Exceptional Achievment Award for Claire de Carle from The Gardens Trust

The Trustees and  Council of Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust are thrilled that Claire de Carle, the Chair, who was nominated by them for The Gardens Trust Annual Volunteer Award, has been awarded by the judging panel a new award the Exceptional Achievement Award.  The judging panel was so impressed by her activities that they decided to...
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27
Jul

Creating something new yet fitting – Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens extension. Franzi Cheeseman

Photographs c Creating something new yet fitting Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens, new extension The Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens is a Grade 1 registered, beautifully landscaped garden and burial ground for cremation ashes in South Buckinghamshire. The Gardens were designed by landscape architect Edward White of Milner, Son and White, and built in the 1930’s. Over...
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27
Jul

Dr Michael Thompson PHD

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Thompson Phd The Trustees, Council and members of the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust congratulate Michael on completing his dissertation on ” Humphrey Repton and the Architects” and being awarded a Phd  by the University of East Anglia, brilliant and we now wait for its publication.   Michael (Mick) graduated from Middlesex Polytechnic...
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27
Jul

Rare Plant Fair at Manor House Gardens, Bledlow Sunday 21st July 11am – 4pm – update

QR codes for Buckinghashire Gardens Trust At the “Rare Plants Fair” we were asked for our QR code which we did not have. Now we do courtesy of Tomas at Framework Digital our website provider and solver of challenges. We shall be using these QR codes on posters, leaflets etc. so watch this space. A...
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27
Jul

Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Annual General Meeting Saturday 20th July 2pm – update

Photographs  Claire de Carle & JuG Link for Wotton House & Estate photography by Bucks GT member www.photographybyJuG.com Visiting Wotton Estate – if you missed the tour of the grounds of this remarkable estate then they are still available until 6th Septembe 2024 The Capability Brown Pleasure Grounds at Wotton, currently undergoing restoration, are related...
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15
Jul

The Gardens Trust Nominations for Volunteer of the Year Award 2024

 Photographs from the award ceremony at Sheffield Botanical Gardens on Monday 15th July courtesy of Frankie Taylor at The Gardens Trust  Notes from the Gardens Trust website: It’s been another fantastic year where volunteers from the Gardens Trust and County Gardens Trusts have been working tirelessly to help protect, conserve and promote historic parks and...
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15
Jul

Claire de Carle on tour: Old Keeper’s Cottage, Hedgerley, Bucks

Dear All Last week I enjoyed an evening visit to Old Keeper’s Cottage in Hedgerley Bucks, the visit was organised by Hedgerley Historical Society and I joined them on a recce. We were given an excellent talk by the owners at Hedgerley Memorial Hall, by the end the sun had broken through the clouds and...
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