An autumnal visit to the beautiful gardens and arboretum of Thorp Perrow followed by lunch, great company, and a horticulturally themed quiz… with prizes!
Read more →A wonderfully exciting opportunity to spend a day with some of the hugely experienced team at Pictorial Meadows.
Read more →An autumnal visit to the beautiful gardens at Little Thorpe Manor followed by lunch, great company, and a horticulturally themed quiz, with prizes!
Read more →PGG visit – North Yorkshire trio. Nunnington Hall, Sleightholmedale Lodge and Ness Hall.
Read more →PGG visit to York Gate Garden – lovingly created by the Spencer family from the early 1950s, and in 1994 bequeathed to Perennial. Followed by a visit to Golden Acre Park the gardens of which contain National Plant Collections of Chrysanthemum, Delphinium, Deutzia, Hemerocallis, Hosta (large leaved), Philadelphus, Phlox paniculata and more.
Read more →PGG visit to Yewbarrow House and Matson Ground in the Lake District
Read more →RHS Garden Bridgewater is the fifth RHS garden and one of the largest gardening projects undertaken in Europe in recent years. The transformation of this 154-acre green space will enrich the lives of local communities and their environment for the future.
Read more →Nestled within historic parkland the 70 acres of beautiful gardens offer magnificent displays through the seasons and are filled with colour and botanical delights.
Read more →PGG visit to Holker Hall in Cumbria. With an eye for detail, sense of fun and love of exotic plants, the present owners have given the garden its unique character. The gardens have won numerous awards, most recently BBC Countryfile Garden of the Year 2016.
Read more →PGG visit to Weston Park Walled Garden including the Kitchen Garden, where the Maze and Orchard now stand. For many years the garden fed both the family and their staff, with its own three full time gardeners.
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Stonefield Castle A wet day on the west coast of Scotland did not deter a dedicated group of PGG members exploring this neglected but wonderful garden and plant collection on the west coast of Scotland. The garden contains a wide and varied plant collection with many original plants from the
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Photographs from the PGG visit to Deer Rudding and Askham Hall on the 24th May 2019. Deer Rudding is a private 8 acre garden set in the lee of the Northern lake District fells, the garden surrounds a former Cumbrian farmhouse and outbuildings with an excellent selection of planting.The formal
Read more →PGG visit to Deer Rudding and Askham Hall. Deer Rudding is a private 8 acre garden set in the lee of the Northern lake District fells, the garden surrounds a former Cumbrian farmhouse and outbuildings with an excellent selection of planting.The formal gardens surrounding Askham Hall are grade II listed and include terraces of herbaceous borders and yew topiary dating back to the 17th Century.
Read more →PGG visit to Renishaw Hall and Cantley Hall . Home to the Sitwell family for nearly 400 years, Renishaw Hall and Gardens is predominantly an Italianate garden set in a traditional English countryside. Cantley Hall is a mainly Georgian house with Victorian additions set in approximately one hundred acres of parkland containing many fine specimen trees.
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Photos from the PGG visit to RHS Garden Bridgewater at Worsley New Hall in Salford and Charcoal Woods a newly designed contemporary garden area surrounding a family town estate near Altrincham on the 6th July 2018.
Read more →PGG visit to RHS Garden Bridgewater at Worsley New Hall in Salford, the largest gardening project in Europe. And Charcoal Woods a newly designed contemporary garden area surrounding a family town estate near Altrincham.
Read more →PGG visit to Bodnant Garden and Plas Cadnant. Bodnant Garden is a National Trust property near Tal-y-Cafn. Plas Cadnant Hidden Gardens are historic gardens under restoration, situated between Menai Bridge and Beaumaris on the Isle of Anglesey.
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The Yorkshire Arboretum at Castle Howard is a stunning landscape of parkland, lakes and ponds and is the backdrop for a collection of more than 6,000 trees from around the world.
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Photos from the 2017 AGM meeting at Forest and Vale Hotel in Pickering, North Yorkshire. Awards ceremony Gala Dinner
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