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April 2024
Morton Hall House is a small country house, listed as Grade II, dating from the C18th with later additions in the C19th and C20th. It is surrounded by seven acres of gardens and parks designed by Charles Chesshire as a series of ‘garden rooms’ forming a circular journey through a Rock Garden and Kitchen Garden, amongst [...]
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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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Social Event- The Cottage, Westend, Radway CV35 0UF Please join us for tea between 2.30 and 4.15pm on Thursday June 27th! Joanne Perry has kindly invited us to share her beautiful garden in Radway for the afternoon. Many of you will remember this from previous visits. Numbers are very strictly limited, and this is a members' [...]
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This event has been cancelled 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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