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A programme of visits and talks is published each year with details on this Events page.
Members can book through the on-line booking system http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/buckinghamshire-gardens-trust
or by contacting enquiries@buckinghamshiregardentstrust.org.u
Main points of policy:
· Members can book a ticket for themselves & up to 2 tickets for non-members/guests
· Price of tickets: we operate a price differentiation with guests paying 25% more
· Cancellations – full refund if BGT cancel
· Cancellation of a booking can be requested up to 7 days prior the event. A refund less the booking fee 6.5% plus VAT will be made to original form of payment.
· Cancellations of less than a week will be noted but refunds at discretion of the Event Organiser
· No refunds will be given on day of the event or retrospectively.
A copy of the policy can be found via the Link on the Home page.
Car Richardson image courtesy of https://paintings.antipole.co .uk
Starting in 2018, the aim of the ‘Artists and their Gardens’ project was first to identify artists who had lived in the county and then, by researching them, establish: were they gardeners, did they create a garden, did they take inspiration from their garden and has their garden survived? We already knew that there were some well-known residents, who included Paul and John Nash, Eric Gill and John Piper, but how many others were there? It soon became clear that were many more, and we compiled a list of over thirty, primarily from the 20th century.
The research was supported by the art archive held at the County Museum reserve store in Halton, where we found work by several of the artists. We also established links with some of their descendants who were able to provide fascinating insights into their lives. By 2020 we had enough material to upload to our new website and to date there are reports on fifteen artists with a few more to be added shortly, as research is still ongoing.
The talk will focus on a particular group of artists following a road trip I embarked on in the Autumn of 2020 with Clare Butler, in search of the gardens. We started in South Heath, then on to Chesham Bois, Amersham, Gerrards Cross, Iver and finally Weston Turville. It will include photographs taken that day and images from the collection of the County Museum.
Painting: The old cottage pre-1858 (All watercolour images from the Missenden Album in the collection of
Buckinghamshire County Museum)
Painting front: Car Richardson image: https://paintings.antipole.co.uk/
To view the completed reports, go to: https://bucksgardenstrust.org.uk/category/artists-gardens-project/
Refreshments will be available at the end of the talk
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