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er Social Evening at Lilies in aid of The Gardens Trust Fighting Fund AppealTuesday 17 June 2025 from 6-8pm.
The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust on Tuesday 17th June 6-9pm is holding A Summer Social Evening at The Lilies, Weedon, near Aylesbury HP22 4NS by kind permission of Mr George Anson. This event by the Trust forms part of its response to the threat to the statutory consultee role and is in aid of The Gardens Trust ‘Fighting Fund Appeal’
English sparkling wine and canapes will be served in the garden, which you will be free to explore.
We shall also hold a Grand Raffle; please contact Claire de Carle if you would like to donate a quality garden related prize or a treat claire@decarle.plus.com.
Prizes to date include Family Tickets (2 adults + 3 children) for the Kop Hill Climb on the 20th/21st September, £50 Gift Token from The Plant Specialist at Great Missenden, Hamper from the Chiltern Brewery, Furnace Wine from Herefordshire (they are supplying the sparkling wine) A years subscription to the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust plus a copy of “Unforgettable Gardens” published by the Gardens Trust, Gift Box from Buckinghamshire Honey who keep their bees at Lilies, voucher for a Christmas Turkey, Rose Pruning with Colin Roberts, Head Gardener at Adwell in the spring and more to come.
Booking now open: members £25, Guests £30 www.ticketsource.co.uk/buckinghamshire-gardens-trust
Notes: The garden at Lilies in Weedon, just north of Aylesbury, occupies an elevated position with far-reaching views over the Vale of Aylesbury and neighbouring Hardwick Village. It has extensive lawns, specimen trees and surrounding woodland. It is stocked with perennial and shrub beds surrounding the C19 small country house, with a koi pond, and clipped yew and box topiary.
Some impressive C19 deciduous and evergreen ornamental trees and shrubs remain in the grounds, which extend to a walled garden alongside a traditional wildflower meadow housing beehives.
Dossier: https://bucksgardenstrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Lilies-Weedon.pdf
Parking – on site. A toilet available – unisex
Media release from The Gardens Trust
The Gardens Trust is now in an urgent situation following the Government’s announcement on 10 March. We know you will join us in being dismayed to learn that under new proposals, we will no longer be a statutory consultee within the English planning system. This means that developers will be able to push through projects without any requirement for the local planning authority to consult us on their impact on historic parks, gardens, and landscapes.
Currently the Gardens Trust is a statutory consultee for all planning applications that may affect a site nationally designated on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. There are over 1700 Registered parks and gardens, split into Grades I, II*, II. The Gardens Trust receives some 1800 planning application consultations each year and provides local planning authorities with many hundreds of constructive advice recommendations to support positive change.
We don’t recognise ourselves in the government’s characterisation of statutory consultees. We only rarely miss the 21-day response deadline and last year objected to less than 10% of our consultations, with the remainder of our responses being simply supportive advice.
Our role as a statutory consultee has been vital in making sure that historic parks and gardens can play an active role in creating a healthy and thriving society, whilst protecting irreplaceable landscapes from inappropriate development. Without our voice in the planning system, historic gardens and designed landscapes across the country will face increased risk of destruction and irreversible damage.
The Government claims these reforms will speed up housing delivery, but at what cost? Our expertise ensures that development is done sensitively, respecting all that these special places have to offer while still allowing for progress. Without the Gardens Trust, who will stand up for the landscapes we love? Who will safeguard our green heritage for future generations?
We will not stand by and let this happen. We are rapidly mounting a strong campaign to oppose these damaging reforms and make the Government listen and have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of concern and support. Our small team of staff, Trustees and volunteers are working around the clock, but we need your help.
How you can help: Book a ticket for the Social Evening at Lilies, Weeden, on the 17th June. Donate a quality garden related prize or treat (contact Claire de Carle 07769 719305). make a donation to the fund