If you missed this visit to a truly amazing and unique garden then put it on your bucket list. Their aim is better health and wellbeing through nature Lindengate is a community garden based next to Dobbies Garden Centre, Wendover and is an amazing ordered patchwork which actively contributes to the wellbeing and health of...Read More
Welcome to the Missing Pieces Project. As members know at the moment Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust has put the Research and Recording on hold after 10 years to take stock of future work, and catch up with outstanding projects. So at the moment the R & R are only undertaking urgent essential research and report or...Read More
Claire de Carle welcomed Trust members to St Dunstan’s Church, Monks Risborough for the 26th AGM of Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust on Saturday 22nd July. This was a rather unusual venue but its central location in Buckinghamshire, in the oldest recorded parish in Britain between the ancient roads of the Upper Icknield and Lower Icknield Way...Read More
Chesham Cemetery is now a Non-designated Heritage Asset (NDHA) During the covid lock-down the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust researchers, led by Dr Sarah Rutherford, continued to produce reports on public parks and cemeteries in the historic county as they were accessible. This recent article, printed in the local free monthly publication”Your Chesham” features a report...Read More
Discovering the Gardens of Mallorca I recently had the opportunity to visit a wide variety of gardens on the island of Mallorca. It was a two-centre holiday with two nights in the capital Palma and the rest of the week in the lovely resort of Port de Soller on the mountainous north side of the...Read More
Marnock in Bucks. This is an extract from the Marnock in Bucks research for the Sheffield Botanical Garden and Garden Trust joint project, which is now available at this link https://www.sbg.org.uk/celebrating-marnock/marnock-in-bucks Reports on Hitcham and Berry Hill (work in progress on Taplow Ct) will be published shortly. Commissions The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust has taken...Read More
Press Release: 7th June 2023 ROAR-SOME NEW DESIGN FOR ICONIC PUBLIC ARTWORK The Parks Trust has officially unveiled the stunning new design that now graces MK’s much-loved Triceratops at Peartree Bridge. Earlier this year, the charity launched a competition to find a budding local designer who could create a new ‘skin’ for...Read More
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust has taken up The Gardens Trust (GT) challenge of sharing garden history stories with new audiences and helping to promote the importance and wonder of historic spaces with more members of the public. Louise Keil and I ticked and completed the GT online course and received a box of of goodies to...Read More
Enrich the List has a new name. Welcome to the Missing Pieces Project. Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust, with the expertise of Clare Butler, a member, has supported English Heritage listed places for a number of years by adding the research reports/dossiers and photographs to the List each year. Today (Thursday 11 May) Historic England launched...Read More
