Here you can find news and articles published to this website. Our contributions are in categories from resources for schools to publications and research reports.
Can you ‘Capture The View’ at Furzton Lake? The Parks Trust have recently installed a new piece of public art at Furzton Lake, called Capture The View. It’s located near the café, where the framing structure allows viewers to look through and see the stunning scenery beyond. Designed by Differentia, the beautifully crafted steel frame...Read More
Local secondary school students can explore outdoor careers If you know a teenager who loves spending time outside, then they may like to explore a career working in the great outdoors. Local young people (aged 11-18) are invited to discover what it’s like to work at The Parks Trust, the charity caring for Milton Keynes’...Read More
Garden Visit – Dorneywood Visit Dorneywood 4 July @ 2 – 5pm Tickets £55, non-members welcome, incl entrance, tea/coffee, homemade cake and guidebook. Book by 3rd June: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/garden-visit-dorneywood-tickets-807217779107 Organised by The Gardens Trust with Claire de Carle (Chair Bucks Gardens Trust) Date and time:Thursday, 4 July 2024 14:00 – 17:00 BST Location Dorneywood House,Dorneywood Slough...Read More
Did you know that Sheffield Botanical Gardens was one of the first to be added in May 1984? The Register now lists more than 1700 sites today and is absolutely vital to our work – as a statutory consultee, local planning authorities must consult the Gardens Trust anytime a planning application may affect a Grade...Read More
https://pbase.com/asbostaff/hampden_house_2024&view=slideshow Slide show by John O’Dwyer Bucks Gardens Trust: guided walk and lunch at Hampden House 30 April 2024 Around 30 members assembled on a glorious morning for coffee and biscuits in the delightful ‘Hill House’ at Hampden House (converted to a reception space from the House’s old brewery). It was laid out for us...Read More
Join the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Outreach team at the Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens on Sunday 12th May pm Can you identify the garden objects and tell us their history? Check out the new Gazebo. Take part in the Tree Quiz. Delicious cake and tea. Wonderful gardens and wisteria. Plenty of parking. Read More
Campbell Park turns 40! Campbell Park in the heart of the city turns 40 on 4th May 2024, and to celebrate this milestone birthday The Parks Trust have rounded up 40 facts about the city’s central park! Discover more about the public art located in this 100-acre park, be surprised at the famous faces...Read More
Our outreach activities are extremely important as we need to recruit new members and inform the wider public about our work to protect parks and gardens. We already have several events planned across the county this summer and would very much like members to volunteer for a few hours to staff our stand and chat...Read More
Charles Bridgeman (1690-1738) Pioneer of the Naturalistic Landscape May 18th 2024 10am – 5pm. Hastoe Village Hall, Tring, Herts Despite being a popular designer in the early 18th century, Bridgeman’s place in garden history and many of his landscapes remained neglected over time. Although not so well-known as his illustrious successors, Capability Brown and...Read More
Date: Saturday May 18th 2024, 2pm Venue: Stony Stratford Library An Almost Impossible Thing follows the fortunes of six women gardeners in the years before the First World War, including their battles to change expectations of what women gardeners could do. It examines their lives in the context of suffragism, collectivism and Empire....Read More
Bluebell time in the ancient woodlands of Buckinghamshire. Bluebells are a good indicator of ancient woodland and fortunately, we still have a number of those in Buckinghamshire especially in the Chilterns. Many of the sites we mention below have links so you have more information and ideas for walks. Now there is a slight improvement...Read More
County Archives Relocation You may have seen this recent report on the BBC website about the potential relocation of the County’s Archives in Aylesbury to the Tesco site in the Eden Centre in High Wycombe. For those to the north of the county this would make access challenging. Milton Keynes, as the article indicates would...Read More
