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January 2024
Richard Barnes, a landscape architect and horticultural consultant, will take a look at the garden in winter and plants that provide form, texture and colour at this time of year, plus some ideas for designing a garden that continues to look good and give pleasure in this season. In addition to gaining horticultural experience and qualifications, [...]
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The Colesbourne estate is situated in Gloucestershire not far from Cheltenham, and has been owned by the Elwes family since the eighteenth century. The original 1600 acres of land was bought by John Elwes in 1789 and was gradually enlarged to 6000 acres. The snowdrop garden was first instigated by Henry John Elwes in 1874, after [...]
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Proposed Visit for March: Aga Khan Islamic Gardens and Jellicoe Gardens, London Aga Khan Islamic Gardens and Jellicoe Gardens: Date in March 2024 to be confirmed The eight contemporary Islamic-style gardens in the Aga Khan Centre, Kings Cross, London, range from contemplative courtyards inspired by Andalusia, loggias evoking the Middle East, to rooftop spaces echoing designs [...]
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Award-winning horticultural consultant Sue Minter will discuss the contribution plants have made to human health via the development of pharmaceutical drugs as well as herbal remedies. The lecture will be based on the development of the Pharmaceutical Garden at the Chelsea Physic Garden in the 1990s, where she was curator, as well as the ethnobotanical Garden [...]
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Arbury Hall has been in the continuous ownership of the Newdegate family since 1586 when it was purchased from Sir Edmund Anderson who had demolished the old priory and built an Elizabethan House on the site. This was extensively remodelled in the C18th into a Gothic mansion based on some designs by Sanderson Miller. The grounds [...]
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This Grade I stately home and estate covering c.13,000 acres is situated to the north-west of Northampton, and has been held by the Spencer family for more than 500 years. The founder of the Spencer dynasty was Sir John Spencer, who, involved with politics was Feudal Lord of Wormleighton in Warwickshire. He was also a businessman [...]
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