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November 2021
Our new president, Georgie Guernsey, has kindly invited us to hold our AGM at her home, Packington Hall, at 2:30 p.m and to tea following our annual key note lecture. We are also invited to wander the grounds from 1:30 p.m. (optional), an opportunity to see some of the works she has undertaken in the garden. [...]
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“Just an Ordinary Labourer” – such was the self-deprecating way in which by one Stoneleigh resident described himself to the census enumerator of 1871. Who were the “ordinary” estate workers of the last half of the nineteenth century, tending the lands owned by the family at the Abbey? Their home lives, as well as the work [...]
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As a last minute replacement for our cancelled trip to Hanwell, we are suggesting that members might like to enjoy the snowdrops at Evenley Wood Gardens. We will gather at 10.30 a.m outside the cafe. Admission will be payable on the day.
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March 2022
Beth Chatto. A life with Plants Beth Chatto is known as one of the great English plantswomen and a garden designer who created the iconic garden named after her in Essex, where she lived all her life. Although well known for her work on the Beth Chatto garden with its varied planting styles based on [...]
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In belated memory of Jean Nicholson, we will be visiting Middleton Hall, near Tamworth. Jean was among a small group of us invited to a memorable familiarisation day at Middleton shortly before she passed away. The house and garden has been renovated by a voluntary trust from the state of near complete dereliction they found [...]
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John Claudius Loudon and his wife Jane Webb, an amazing Victorian gardening double act – (Birmingham Victorian lady gardener & science fiction novelist and her Scottish landscape gardening husband). Loudon designed Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Derby Arboretum, the first public park; published the first Gardening periodical; was influential in the development of curvilinear glasshouses, patenting a [...]
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We are kindly invited to enjoy the garden at Joanne Perry's home. Drinks and canapes will be served. Pre-booking is essential as numbers are strictly limited. Please contact Rosemary Jewel-Clark to book your place!
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Hartlebury Castle dates back to 855AD when the site was established to defend the area against invasions from Wales. It subsequently became the residence and office for the Bishops of Worcester until 2007 when it was transferred to the Hartlebury Castle Trust. The buildings also house the Worcester County Museum. Bishop Giffard was given permission to [...]
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Our Visit for June: Upton Wold on the Northwick Estate, between Moreton-in-Marsh and Broadway, Gloucestershire An ideal summer visit to this beautiful private garden situated within the Cotswold countryside. When the present owners of the garden arrived at Upton Wold in 1973, there was no garden to be seen, only a holly bush, two ancient yews, [...]
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