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Specialist Plant Fairs in Unique Gardens E-mail: info@rareplantfair.co.uk Manor House Garden, Bledlow, Buckinghamshire When: 20 July 2025: 11am – 4pm Please note that no dogs are allowed in the Garden or Plant Fair (except assistance dogs) Buy your tickets on arrival at the gate – no need to prebook! Bledlow Manor House has been owned...Read More
Please click on link to get full copy of Spring 2025 Newsletter: BGT Spring 2025 Newsletter Final CB Dear Members As I write on yet another January day of anti-cyclonic gloom, we can be reassured that the days are getting longer, and spring is just around the corner. My events team have organised an amazing...Read More
Dear BGT Council, Trustees and members, Gwen came yesterday afternoon and ceremoniously presented me with a delightful box of Herefordshire rose wine to mark my stepping down (or falling off) the Council. As our esteemed Chaise Claire notes in her thank-you card with a lovely picture of our own Bletchley Park, it’s 28 years since...Read More
The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust on Tuesday 17th June 6-9pm held a Summer Social Evening at The Lilies, Weedon, by kind permission of Mr & Mrs 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’...Read More
Summer holidays in Milton Keynes means free family fun! With school holidays looming on the horizon, there’s plenty happening across the city’s parks this summer to keep everyone entertained – come rain or shine! Get immersed in local nature at Howe Park Wood Open Mornings every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 29 July until 28...Read More
Event Information Date Thursday 10th July Time 6pm – 8pm Venue Dissenters Chapel, Tring Road Cemetery, Aylesbury,, HP20 1LF Price FREE Gardening with Changing Climate – Gardening in the Global Greenhouse Mystic Hodge looks into his crystal ball to see what the effects of our changing climate will have on the good old British weather...Read More
Government proposals to speed up the UK planning system are putting England’s green “crown jewels” at risk, according to the charity set up to protect them. The Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government is launching a consultation on removing a number of statutory consultees from the planning process. They include the Gardens Trust, founded...Read More
Historic England has launched a new Local Heritage Hub. With nearly 400 locations, every county, city, district, major town, and national park in England now has a dedicated web page that uncovers its history. It offers a wide range of content, from aerial photographs showing towns and villages through time, to selections of listed buildings,...Read More
Buckinghamshire Historic Churches Trust event: Gardens near the Church to be held on Wednesday 25th June between 10am and 5pm with lunches at St. Mary’s Church, Wendover. Tickets will cost £26 plus an extra £5 for those who wish to order a light lunch. Link for booking tickets see below: https://buytickets.at/buckinghamshirehistoricchurchestrust/1613591 This our fourth Gardens...Read More
Webbed wonders are no cause for alarm If you’ve spotted some unseasonally spooky-looking web covered trees, fear not, it’s most likely harmless caterpillars. The Parks Trust, the charity caring for the city’s parks, explains that the warmer weather in April appears to have caused a boom in the local Ermine moth population this year. In...Read More
Garden Museum Celebrates British Flowers Week Join us for the British Flowers Week Late, with live music, a paper flower making workshop, and an opportunity to see this year’s floral installations after hours. Six of the country’s top florists – Arthur Parkinson, Leigh Chappell, Palais London, Rollo Skinner, Wild at Heart and Yeon Hee Lee...Read More
Dr Victoria Thomson ( Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Member ) is giving a talk “Gardens on Film – the most filmed county in England.” On Wednesday 4th June 6-7.30 Historic parks and gardens play a frequent – and frequently tantalising – role in films and on TV. Where is the 18th century landscape that forms the...Read More
