Stansted Park stands in 1800 acres of parkland and ancient forest within the South Downs National Park. In 1983 the 10th Earl of Bessborough gave Stansted Park, the Arboretum, his family home and its beautiful contents to the public.
Read more →Burghley House is a Tudor mansion built by Sir William Cecil over a period of 32 years from 1563 onwards. The gardens and wider parklands were largely designed by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown in the 18th century.
Read more →PGG visit to Tusmore Park – the tour will focus on the formal gardens, part way through a major re-design by Tom Stuart-Smith.
Read more →Rutland’s Barnsdale Gardens came top in a 2018 poll to find the best 100 visitor gardens in the UK. Garden News readers voted in their thousands over the summer with Barnsdale emerging as the victor, beating hundreds of famous attractions, including Kew Gardens.
Read more →PGG visit to Croome Court Landscape Park (NT) and Croome Walled Kitchen Garden.
Read more →The visit to Canterbury Cathedral on 21st July has sadly had to be postponed until 2019
Read more →PGG visit to West Dean Gardens, West Sussex. Nestled at the foot of the South Downs, lovingly and meticulously restored by PGG Members Sarah Wain and Jim Buckland and their garden team, West Dean Gardens is one of the most exciting gardens open to the public today.
Read more →PGG visit to Chiswick House and Gardens, Chiswick, London. Explore classical landscapes, sweeping vistas, fragrant formal gardens and a woodland wilderness.The restoration of Chiswick House Gardens was one of the most ambitious garden regeneration projects ever undertaken in the UK.
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We’ve recently had a request from one of our members: Does anyone know where I can get a few small panes of green tinted thin greenhouse glass – old, not a modern replica. Many thanks. Joan (Cornwall) If you can help please contact Joan Farmer at joan@gardenroom.plus.com
Read more →PGG visit to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, well known for great glasshouses, housing plants from ten climatic zones, mouth-watering exotic rain forests and giant lily pads, landscaped grounds and has the most incredible tree collection in the world, seen from the famous tree top walkway.
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Photos from the PGG visit to Audley End House and Gardens on 4th August 2017. Audley End, located in Essex, is a Jacobean house formerly known as Walden Abbey. It was given to the Audley family for legal services received by King Henry 8th – mainly to enable beheading and
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Photos from the PGG visit to The Salutation – The Secret Gardens of Sandwich – 3.5 acres of glorious grounds providing inspiration for many who visit year after year.
Read more →One of the finest examples of a Jacobean house in Britain. Surrounded by 100 acres of ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped parkland (1763). Including a serpentine ornamental lake and cascade. The parkland boasts temples and bridges designed by Robert Adam. Also a fine example of an 1830’s Parterre, restored by English Heritage in the 1980’s following garden archaeology.
Read more →PGG visit to The Salutation and The Secret Gardens of Sandwich, originally designed by Lutyens, the gardens have now been transformed. Then on to Walmer Castle and Gardens set within eight acres of magnificent gardens the castle sits above providing excellent views of the gardens, woodland and the coastline.
Read more →Photos from the PGG visit on the 15th June to Arundel Castle & Gardens which have been transformed over the years creating areas of outstanding beauty.
Read more →Photos of the PGG visit to Parham House & Gardens, located deep in the Sussex countryside, the house dates back as far as the fourteenth century although the pleasure gardens and lakes were established much later.
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Photos from the PGG visit to Tythrop Park, 10 acres of gardens surround a late 17th century Manor House, set within 60 acres of parkland.
Read more →PGG visit to Tythrop Park and Rycote Park, 10 acres of gardens surround a late 17th century Manor House, set within 60 acres of Parkland and Rycote Park near Thame, not normally open to the public.
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Photos from the PGG visit to Sandringham House and Gardens on 19th May, hosted by head gardener and PGG member Martin Woods.
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