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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
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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.
Tickets are now available for the Gardens Trust's annual Historic Landscapes Assembly, which will be taking place online, during three 'Assembly Afternoons' on 15th, 17th and 19th November 1.30-3.00 pm. We have a fantastic line-up, with speakers from the GT, county gardens trusts and from national organisations across the historic landscapes sector. The Assembly is a not-to-be-missed forum for anyone - volunteer, researcher, owner or professional - with an interest in the history, enjoyment and conservation of our fantastic historic…
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Ceeley House, Aylesbury County Museum (image Historic Photographs of Bucks) Talk by Claire de Carle (Chair, Trustee and Research Co-ordinator of Bucks Gardens Trust) to Bucks Archaeological Society ‘Contemporary or historical, educational and productive’ Discovering Buckinghamshire’s Museum Gardens Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust have been researching historic parks and gardens of local importance for the last eight years and the resulting reports totalling nearly one hundred are available to view on our website. These reports include three museum gardens: The County Museum,…
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The talk will be given by Tim Skelton, Chair of Milton Keynes Forum (the city’s Civic Society). Tim spent ten years at Milton Keynes Development Corporation from 1979 and has taken a keen interest in both the original development of the city and the way that it has evolved following the demise of MKDC in 1992. Photographs by Tim Skelton Date: Sunday 23rd January 2022 at 2.30 p.m via on line zoom. Booking: Please book though the booking system: …
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The Borromeo family, powerful in Milan, have long owned strategic castles and estates surrounding the lake and, from the 17th century, fantastical palaces and gardens on the islands, Isola Bella and Isola Madre. Date: Sunday 20th March 2022 at 2.30 p.m via online zoom. Booking: Please book through the booking system: www.ticketsource.co.uk/buckinghamshire-gardens-trust. or: mailto:enquiries@bucksgardenstrust.org.uk Photographs of the gardens of Isola Bella taken by Sarah Gray
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Turn End, Haddenham: Film and conversation with Jackie Hunt In advance of the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust visit on the 8th June to Turn End, Haddenham the Trust has been given permission to show via zoom a beautiful documentary film made by Murray Grigor and Hamid Shams that explores the history of Turn End House and garden. The film is 45 minutes in length and Jackie Hunt, the Head Gardener, will be in conversation with Claire de Carle. There will be…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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“Dr Sophie Piebenga is the (part-time) gardens’ archivist at Waddesdon Manor, Bucks. Born and brought up in The Netherlands, she has spent all her adult life in the UK, training originally as a gardener with The National Trust and at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She diverged into the world of garden history, making the works of the landscape gardener W S Gilpin the topic of her DPhil study at the University of York. Now based in The Cotswolds she…
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