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Visit to Kelmarsh Hall & Gardens June 14th Coach departure at 09.15 Kelmarsh Hall and the surrounding estate were the home of the Hanbury family from 1620 to 1860s. The present hall is the work of architect James Gibbs, who designed the house in the 1720s as a central hall with two symmetrical pavilions connected to [...]

Admington Hall Gardens   The private Pleasure Gardens at Admington Hall lie near the house to the south of the village of Admington.  The park and gardens have been developed in recent years by Mark and Antonia Davies with advice in the early days from the garden designer Mary Keen. Our visit will begin with an [...]

Guy’s Cliffe Gardens and Grounds LATEST NEWS We are pleased to announce that in addition to our main visit to Guy’s Cliffe House and Garden we have arranged a private view of Guy’s Well and Fir Avenue (once part of the Guy’s Cliffe Estate). We will meet at the carpark of the Saxon Mill restaurant on [...]

The Grand Tour with its ancient ruins and sun-drenched landscapes became an educational rite of passage for the classically trained. This lively lecture considers how the Society of Dilettanti - an eighteenth-century gentleman’s club - embodied their motto of ‘Grecian taste and Roman Spirit’ in both the literal sense of worshiping Dionysus and Bacchus through heavy [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

The son of a farm labourer, Joseph Paxton became the head gardener at Chatsworth House by the age of twenty-three, and with the backing of the 6th Duke of Devonshire an eminent Victorian of great influence. He transformed the gardens at Chatsworth into the greatest of the period and designed the Great Conservatory for the Duke`s [...]

Aga Khan Islamic Gardens and Jellicoe Gardens, London 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 from South and Central Asia. The nearby Jellicoe Gardens designed by Tom Stewart-Smith, were based on the C16 [...]