Heritage Week in Buckinghamshire starts at the beginning of September and covers more than a week as it involves hundreds of organisations opening their doors to the public, whether it is church towers, building not generally open, backstage theatre tours, factory tours.
The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust accepted invitations from two historical gardens, Taplow and Cliveden, to take part in their open days and to bring the new gazebo, exhibition boards and the Are You a Garden History Expert objects table.
We had a steady stream of visitors at both sites with people taking advantage of the good weather and free entrance. Our volunteers spent a lot of time explaining what we did and that we were not a part of the National Trust!. There was considerable interest in the photographs of old garden tools and what they were used for and we are condsidering trying to collect some C19 & C20 tools, seed boxes, catalogues as part of a new exhibition. So do let us know if you have any ancient garden tools which we could use in an exhibtition, enquiries@bucksgardenstrust.org.uk
