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September 2024
Packington Hall, Packington Park, Meriden, Warwickshire CV7 7HF (SatNav CV7 7HE) Wednesday 11th September 2024 at 2.30 pm We are delighted to announce a late Summer visit to Packington Hall. Lady Guernsey has kindly invited WGT members and their guests to enjoy the Packington gardens and landscape which are exceptionally beautiful in September. A guided tour [...]
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The AGM will be held in the Lammas Room at Hill Close Gardens, Warwick followed by a lecture by Vanessa Berridge based on her book, Kiftsgate Court Gardens: three generations of women gardeners. A cream tea will be available. AGM and lecture are free to members, £5 to non-members. The CreamTea is optional and costs £6.25. Teas must [...]
Find out moreJanuary 2025
The walled garden at Burghley is 6.5 acres and has stood silent for the last 70 years, till now! Our intention is to bring back to life this sleeping giant, with a range of different gardens telling the story of this ancient site and its 300 plus year old history, this will include a Victorian kitchen [...]
Find out moreFebruary 2025
John Tradescant and his son, also John. They were an extraordinary pair: Gardeners to the aristocracy and royalty in the C17th, as well as plant hunters, nurserymen and founders of the first museum to be open to the public. Famous in their own lifetimes, and continuously in the centuries since, their lives have even been romanticised by [...]
Find out moreMarch 2025
The instantly recognizable English cottage garden encapsulates that delightful mix of scented climbers, drifts of flowers inter-mingled with herbs and vegetables, fruit trees and traditional features. Much loved and copied throughout the world, it is uniquely individual. With no strict rules to adhere to, it is a garden style that is both informal and functional, celebrating [...]
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Well known as the home of Lord and Lady Heseltine. The Gardens and Arboretum at Thenford extend over some 76 acres and were described in Country Life as one of the most impressive, varied and fascinating to have been made over the last 40 years anywhere in the world. The initial emphasis after purchasing the house [...]
Find out moreMay 2025
Maxstoke Castle is one of the finest examples of a moated castle in the country and has been in the ownership of the Dilke (later Featherston- Dilke) family for some 400 years. The castle is formed of a perfect square and its origins date back to the early part of the 14th century. For a period [...]
Find out moreJune 2025
CANCELLED Those of you who came to our AGM will recall the wonderful talk by Vanessa Berridge who described how the gardens at Kiftsgate Court have passed through the hands of several generations of the same family, but, unlike Borde Hill, Kiftsgate has been a female preserve. The gardens were first laid out in the 1920s [...]
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CANCELLED Join us for this year’s Members’ Social Event at 2, Hathaway Drive, Warwick, CV34 5RD, from 2 pm - 4 pm. Diane and Philip James have kindly offered to open their small terraced garden in Woodloes, Warwick, for Warwickshire Gardens Trust members to enjoy the garden, with afternoon tea, fruit juices and cakes. Numbers will [...]
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Stoneleigh Abbey and Park Stoneleigh CV8 2LF. What 3 Words firm.visits.these. 24 th September 2025 at 2.00pm Originally a Cistercian Abbey dating from 1154, it came into the possession of the Leigh family as a reward for granting hospitality to Charles 1 during the civil war. It remained in the Leigh family until 1990. Much of [...]
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