News and Events
Our 2026 programme of events
It is with great pleasure that we can announce that the OGT calendar for 2026 will be with you very shortly. All talks and visits can now be booked via Eventcube.
Many of the summer visits are already booking up, so don’t hesitate too long!
Research Pilot Scheme Sessions
The Research & Recording workshops have now been scheduled for the year:
Venue: Woodstock Museum, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Briefing Room
Dates: Thursdays on – 21 May; 30 July , 29 October
Time: 10 am to 1 pm
In each workshop there will be the opportunity to feedback on your progress and have a presentation of some aspect of the researching process.
Please let Jane Carlton-Smith, Secretary (secretary@ogt.org.uk) know of your intention to attend, so we can book the appropriate amount of refreshment, seats and equipment.
Grant Awarded
Oxfordshire Gardens Trust have been awarded a grant of £800, as part of the Gardens Trust’s Community Grant Initiative*. This is to support the follow-up Research and Recording Pilot Project, building on the impetus from the taster Research and Recording day hosted by the GT in November 2025.
The panel focussed on projects which meet priorities around conservation, sharing knowledge, and encouraging inclusive participation. The OGT Research and Recording project meets The Garden Trust’s desire to seed-fund an activity, and supports core County Gardens Trust work.
*made possible by a generous donation from the Gentian Trust, established by Peter and Rosy Gent, who are members of the Gardens Trust.
Visit: Thursday 21st May 2026 – Oxleaze Farm, Lechlade, GL7 3RB
Between Burford and Lechlade, just into Gloucestershire, this plantsperson’s garden, set among beautiful traditional farm buildings, has been created over 35 years. It has year-round interest: mixed borders, a vegetable potager, decorative fruit cages, a [...]
Visit: Tuesday 23rd June 2026 – Visit to Burford Priory (Priory of Our Lady), Priory Lane, Burford OX18 4SQ
SOLD OUT Burford Priory is a 16th Century Grade I Listed Gentleman’s Mansion House, incorporating remnants of a 13th Century Augustinian Hospital. Remodelled in 17th Century and greatly reduced in size in early 19th Century. [...]
Visit: Thursday 30 July 2026 – Summer Social at Bridewell Gardens, Wilcote, OX7 3DT
Bridewell is a walled garden, vineyard, and woodland, over 7 acres, for growing and making, a therapeutic project creating a sanctuary for recovery. The project works with adults of all ages, referred from Adult Mental [...]
Visit: Thursday 10 September 2026 – Waltham Place Gardens, White Waltham, SL6 3JH
Waltham Place is a large biodynamic farm and garden, with a series of naturalistic gardens which can only be seen via a guided tour. The visit on 10/9 will comprise a private tour of the Walled Gardens, the [...]
Talk: Thursday 15 October 2026 – Jane Austen and the English Landscape
Austen is famed for her sharp social satire, but she was also highly attuned to the shifting sensibilities surrounding landscape. From Pride and Prejudice’s wickedly funny take on the Picturesque to the lampooning of real-life [...]
Talk: Thursday 19 November 2026 – Mistletoe, Magic, Myths and Mysteries
The mistletoe native to the UK, Viscum album, is a parasitic plant which grows on hundreds of trees; it is often benign and brilliant for biodiversity. “Seeming to appear in the trees from nowhere, mistletoe [...]
Events and lectures from other Gardens Trusts for Spring 2026
Bedfordshire Gardens Trust Orchards: a brief history from the Garden of Eden until today. Speaker: Kate Harwood - Sunday 19th April Free Zoom at 4 00pm - join at 3 45pm From the Garden [...]
Events, lectures and news from other organisations for Spring 2026
Oxford University Botanic Gardens Spring Fair - Saturday 9th May. At the Harcourt Arboretum, 10 00am - 4 00pm - last entry 3 00pm. The Garden Museum Spring Plant Fair 19th April 10 00 am [...]
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Jinny Blom is our newest patron We are delighted to welcome Jinny Blom as a new patron to Oxfordshire Gardens Trust. Jinny brings a wealth of experience through her garden and landscape designs from cities [...]