Celebrate late summer and book a guided evening walk at Stowe to see the recently replaced statuary. Richard Wheeler, National Specialist in Garden History and the Head Gardener,  Barry Smith will be our  expert guides. Open to members and guests. Meeting : 6 pm in  former National Trust car park. Please take the Stowe school entrance and check in at the security hut. Booking: www.ticketsource.co.uk/buckinghamshire-gardens-trust This is a new booking system that enables you to book and pay on line…

Tulip Tree image Michael Hunt The Walk Buckingham (MK18 1RP): Guide Michael Hunt Sorry booking is now closed A circular walk which will include the Heartlands and Chandos Park, during which we will see a wealth of interesting trees including a Tulip Tree and the Elm “New Horizon”.   Duration 1.5 hours. Terrain: all hard footpaths. Dogs: Assistance dogs only on a lead. Meet at the footbridge by the river in the main car park behind Waitrose. 20 Places Book…

Garden Visit: Chenies Manor, Rickmansworth. (WD3 6EP) Sorry booking is now closed Chenies Manor is renowned for its tulips which should be at their best for our visit to this beautiful location. The five acres of garden include a Sunken Garden, White Garden, and Kitchen Garden. We will also have the opportunity to visit the 15th-century manor house at our leisure. Coffee on arrival and a light sandwich lunch is included. Dogs: Assistance dogs only on a lead. Car Parking…

Peace Pagoda ©The Parks Trust Photograph courtesy of The Parks Trust Our walk will take us to the city’s famous Peace Pagoda and its adjacent Sangha, complete with Zen Garden. Then onto the Grade I listed village church before returning by car to the hub of the lake for refreshments. North Willen Park in Milton Keynes was included in the C20 Society’s “100 20th-Century Gardens and Landscapes” which was published in 2020.  Entirely manmade, it is home to the Peace…

Garden Visit: Tythrop House, Kingsey, (HP17 8LT) A stunning garden not to be missed. 10 acres of gardens surrounding a late 17th century Manor House (not open), set within 60 acres of parkland. The gardens have recently undergone some major changes, with a hard landscape design by ‘Robert Myers’ incorporated within the old walled area. A pool garden with grass-rich borders and a white and green theme. A kitchen cutting garden with a new glasshouse at its centre, a long…

Langley Park Walk (SL0 0LS) Wellingtonia © Michael Hunt A spring treat to this former hunting ground for our own hunt led by Mr. Hunt to hunt out the Rhododendrons in the Temple Garden and the impressive Redwoods, also the scarce “Headache Tree”. Duration: 1.5 hours Terrain: stone/gravel tracks and bridleway, some grass also. Meet by the café in the car park. Dogs: Assistance dogs only & must be on a lead.  £10 (20 places) - 5 tickets still available…

The Walled Garden, Wormsley (HP14 3YE) Fourth quarter© Wormsley Estate. Penelope Hobhouse & Simon Johnson The two-acre walled garden at Wormsley was built in 1740 in the most sheltered spot in this cold windswept valley high in the Chilterns.  When Sir Paul Getty bought the Estate in 1985 The Walled Garden had been neglected for a number of years.  Penelope Hobhouse in conjunction with Simon Johnson was commissioned to rebuild and redesign the walled garden. Following her brief, the garden…