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May 2019
DESIGN STUDY DAY WITH KIM WILKIE AT VITSOE Vitsoe HQ, Royal Leamington Spa For our exclusive Design Study Day with internationally renowned landscape architect Kim Wilkie we are visiting the home of British furniture manufacturer Vitsoe at their new HQ and production building in Royal Leamington Spa. Designed and built to reflect the company’s system-thinking, this [...]
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Held in association with The Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford, our annual weekend conference takes as its theme, the ‘Picturesque Garden’. The Picturesque is one of England’s most distinctive contributions to garden history, but it is difficult to define. What is the Picturesque? How does it relate to wider perceptions of the landscape? How [...]
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A rare opportunity to visit a fine eighteenth-century landscape park attributed to Sanderson Miller, along with C19 and modern gardens surrounding this early 'gothick' country house. Included in the price is a two course lunch at the Bell at Alderminster. Early booking is essential. Booking Form pdf.
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A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE DESIGNS OF NICHOLAS HAWKSMOOR FOR THE GARDENS IN WRAY WOOD, AND SEE HIS GARDEN BUILDINGS. We will go into the Mausoleum, visit the archives, view the surviving sculpture, walk through the wood to view and the Temple of the Four Winds. Scroll down for the programme and travel information, and [...]
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For those who have missed out on the now fully booked Guy's Cliffe visit next month, the gardens will be open this Sunday as part of the National Gardens Scheme [NGS].
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Tuesday July 23, High Glanau and Veddw, Monmouthshire. Coach visit The visit is to two twentieth century gardens linked by the Wye Valley High Glanau Manor was the home of Avray Tipping, who wrote many articles on gardens in Country Life in the early twentieth century as well as volumes in collaboration with Gertrude Jekyll. He [...]
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An opportunity to have a private guided tour of this recently restored Grade II registered walled garden, with tea to follow. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED Guy's Cliffe Walled Garden will be open on Sunday 21st July 2019,, 10.30-15.00, for NGS.
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The Gardens Trust welcomes you to our weekend conference in Oxford including visits to Oxford Botanic Garden, Christ Church and Worcester College gardens, Shotover and Nuneham Courtenay. Please scroll down for the detailed programme and further information about ticket options. Places are limited so prompt booking is recommended. The Conference opens on Friday afternoon with a guided [...]
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A great opportunity to visit Birmingham Botanical Gardens, with a guided tour by head gardener Wayne Williams. This will be followed by a visit to Winterbourne House and the Botanical Garden of the University of Birmingham. Owing to restricted parking, this trip will be by minibus (for members in the Warwick/Leamington area). Provisional Schedule: 9.30 a.m. [...]
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To replace the postponed visit to Hagley, we will be taking a minibus to visit Piet Oudolf's Hauser and Wirth Garden in Bruton, Somerset, where we will lunch before taking a guided tour of the great C18 landscape garden at Stourhead, Wilts. It is hoped that Stourhead will be in all its autumn glory. Places strictly [...]
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