Bluebell time in the ancient woodlands of Buckinghamshire. Bluebells are a good indicator of ancient woodland and fortunately, we still have a number of those in Buckinghamshire especially in the Chilterns. Many of the sites we mention below have links so you have more information and ideas for walks. Now there is a slight improvement...Read More
County Archives Relocation You may have seen this recent report on the BBC website about the potential relocation of the County’s Archives in Aylesbury to the Tesco site in the Eden Centre in High Wycombe. For those to the north of the county this would make access challenging. Milton Keynes, as the article indicates would...Read More
Online Events Early Gardens is the first in our six series of talks on A History of Gardens. We’ll be looking at themes and styles from the ancient world through to the Elizabethan era. Completing all six series will provide a thorough grounding in garden history – or you can sign up for individual sessions that...Read More
Barry Smith, Head Gardener at Stowe and Founding Member of Buckinghamshire Gardens, Trust receiving his award. “We are so proud to share that Barry Smith, our Head Gardener (who has been at Stowe for 43 years!) has won the ‘Think Now and Forever’ award at the National Trust London and South East Living our Values...Read More
Ticketsource – Say Goodbye to Service Fees on Phone Bookings! Free Telephone Box Office Service Great news – from 30th March 2024, when customers book their tickets over the phone with Ticketsource, they won’t have to pay any extra service fees. They pay exactly the same as someone booking online! Now is the perfect time...Read More
The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust – photographs of Gardeners’ Network – CdC Gardeners’ Network Update – visit to Claydon The Bucks GT Gardeners’ Network (GN) was started in October 2022 (with advise from Bedfordshire GT who have run a successful GN for 9 years) with the inaugural meeting hosted by Barry Smith, Head Gardener(HG) at Stowe,...Read More
Gardens Trust Volunteer Award 2024 nominations now open We’d like to invite you to submit nominations for our annual Volunteer Award, intended to celebrate and showcase volunteers and the invaluable contribution they make each year. County Gardens Trust volunteers are incredibly impressive and are absolutely essential to the work of the historic designed landscapes sector...Read More
March and April is brightened up by the yellow trumpets of daffodils on roadsides and in parks but these are generally the planted or escaped garden varieties. Spotting a Wild daffodil, especially in Buckinghamshire, in the shade of an ancient woodland, or pushing up through the grasses of a damp meadow is becoming rare as...Read More
The Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institute a talk by Francesca Murray Thirty plus members of Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust and their guests enjoyed a most informative talk last Saturday by one of our members, Francesca Murray. The talk was inspired by her current research for a PhD at Queen Mary University, London, on Nineteenth-century gardeners, nurserymen, and...Read More
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust has for a number of years supported International Women’s Day. In 2022 we featured Forgotten Buckinghamshire Women in Gardening: Margaret Ursula Mee ( 1909-1988), Alice de Rothschild (1847-1922) and Kay Naylor Sanecki (1922-2005). In 2023 it was Women Head Gardeners in Buckinghamshire: Franzi Cheeseman at Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens, Jackie Hunt at...Read More
