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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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Change of date! 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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