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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
We have had an enquiry from Frans Van Humbeek, a Belgian aviation journalist who, for a database on Belgian Aviation Heritage, has made an enquiry regarding Eton (St John) Cemetery, upon which Dr Sarah Rutherford compiled a report (please see attached). Brian Hoare, retired Bursar to Eton College, also wrote a article on memorials to...Read More
Audience Engagement at Haddenham Open Gardens Last Sunday afternoon we took our gazebo along to Haddenham to the popular open gardens event in aid of the Florence Nightingale Hospice. There were twelve gardens open around the village and we set up at the Scout Hut in Banks Park, next to the ticket tent. Most people...Read More
A Visit to Dumfries House On a recent trip to Scotland, I had the opportunity to visit Dumfries House (not actually in Dumfries, but Cumnock in Ayrshire). I had heard so much about the house and watched the programmes on TV about how King Charles (then the Prince of Wales) had stepped in at the...Read More
Oxfordshire Gardens Trust invites members of Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust to an on line talk on Thursday 18th July at 6pm about St Katherines, Parmoor being given by Claire de Carle. There is no charge for this event and we hope it may be of interest to our members. No need to book just click on...Read More
Chalfont St Peter FRINGE FESTIVAL EVENT JUNE 2024 Claire de Carle as part of the festival organised a guided walk round the gardens and landscape of Chalfont Park on the afternoon of Thursday 27th June and the weather was kind. A big thank you to those that joined her for this one off event. Claire gave...Read More
Michael Hunt our marvellous tree specialist is nearly back to fitness and so on Saturday he went on a tree tour of Hughenden Manor and the valley at Hughenden and notched up 55 species of trees. The manor still retains its formal bedding and we just love the topiary swan in the middle photograph. The...Read More
Get closer to the natural world at Love Nature Day! The Parks Trust, the charity caring for over 6,000 acres of the city’s parkland, has joined forces with local nature groups to celebrate Milton Keynes’ natural world – and everyone is invited! Aiming to bring local people closer to nature, Love Nature Day returns to...Read More
