Berkshire Gardens Trust
Two new visits are available:
Compton Elms, Pinkneys Green, Nr Maidenhead
Tuesday 11 March, 2 30pm
Compton Elms is a delightful spring garden set in a sunken woodland, lovingly recovered from clay pit workings. This atmospheric garden is filled with snowdrops, primroses, hellebores and fritillaria, interspersed with anemone and narcissi under a canopy of ash and beech.
see https://www.berkshiregardenstrust.org/march-visit-to-compton-elms
and St Timothee, also at Pinkney’s Green, Maidenhead
Thursday 3 April – 10 30 am
We are very pleased to welcome you to the second of our spring garden tours with our visit to the beautiful gardens at St Timothee, with the current owners Sarah & Sal Pajwani. We will start with a 45 to 60 mins fully illustrated slideshow about the garden, sharing the things that Sarah loves, followed by a leisurely wander of the garden, with Sarah still around to answer any specific questions.
Fifteen years ago, when Sarah started work on the garden, it was little more than an empty field with perimeter trees, a section of hornbeam hedging and four isolated pampas grasses in the lawn. Her inspiration came from other gardens, in particular Le Jardin Plume in Normandy and Knoll Gardens in Dorset, where Sarah was drawn to ornamental grasses.
see https://www.berkshiregardenstrust.org/spring-visit-to-st-timothee for booking
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
New Venue: Aylesbury Methodist Church & Centre – .Buckingham Street, Aylesbury HP20 2NQ. Parking: front of the venue limited & Coopers Yard car park next door. The venue has excellent facilities including lift to first floor and wheelchair access. It is near the centre of the town with a choice of restaurants and cafes, including The Kings Head, a C15 coaching inn owned by the National Trust Inn.
Booking: Tickets from http://ticketsource.co.uk//buckinghamshire-gardens-trust or turn up on the day & pay by cash, card or cheque. Doors open 2.00 pm Members £10.00, Guests £12.50. Includes refreshments.
2025 Lectures and Visits
https://bucksgardenstrust.org.uk/event/bucks-gt-garden-visit-to-adwell-manor-and-estate-wednesday-2nd-april-2025/
https://bucksgardenstrust.org.uk/event/walk-evenley-wood-gardens-brackley-nn135sl/
Visit: Old Keepers Cottage, Hedgerley, 21 June 2 30pm
https://bucksgardenstrust.org.uk/event/bucks-gt-talk-walk-old-keepers-cottage-hedgerley-berks-sl2-3uy-saturday-21st-june-2-30/
Warwickshire Gardens Trust
On Line talks for 2025.
March 18th: The English Cottage Garden with Andrew Sankey.
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 fragrance, flowers and seasonal interest at its heart. The old cottage style of gardening, that blended planting to create a flowery yet productive plot within a small space, is still highly relevant and easily transferable to today’s modern garden, whether it be a city courtyard or a large garden in the country.
Andrew Sankey left teaching (Head of Graphics/Design) in 1989 to start a Garden Design & Landscaping business in Lincolnshire. He later moved to a cottage near Woodhall Spa, Lincs in 1992 and created a cottage garden which was opened twice a year for the NGS and other groups. He became Chairman of the Lincolnshire branch of the Cottage Garden Society and began lecturing on cottage gardens and related subjects. He’s written booklets on Companion Planting, Cottage Favourites and Sayings and Superstitions.
Click on this link for further information about the talks and to book. You will be sent a link with your booking. Tickets are £5.00 each. www.warwickshiregardenstrust.org.uk/events
The Gardens Trust
Join us during the chilly weeks ahead for four new online series.
On Tuesday mornings we’re hosting:
Plantmania with Toby Musgrave, exploring the extraordinary frenzies that developed around 3 sought-after plants: tulips, rhododendrons and orchids. From 11 February for 3 weeks.
A History of Gardens series 5, examining Arts & Crafts Gardens. Sign up to explore the beautiful gardens created by the likes of William Robinson and Gertrude Jekyll, whether you’ve participated in A History of Gardens since the first series or are joining us for the first time. Five weeks from 4 March.
On Wednesday evenings, join us for:
Places to Play, a fascinating and often fun look at the relationship between designed landscapes and recreation, starting with Giggles in the Garden, a history of children’s play. Five weeks from 12 February.
Artists’ Gardens, exploring magical outdoor spaces created and captured by their artist owners across England, Europe and the US. Four weeks from 19 March.
For all our online programme, you can attend individual talks or sign up at a discount for a whole series. Tickets include access to a recording for two weeks afterwards, for those who can’t make the live event.
In-person events
We’re offering a special members’-only private visit to the archive and library of the Linnean Society in London. Join expert staff for a tour that will include the Society’s priceless book, archive and biological specimen collections of the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus. 27th March from 2pm.
Please click The Gardens Trust to see all up and coming talks and events
London Parks & Gardens
Links to our neighbouring Garden Trust Friends
Northamptonshire Gardens Trust