PGG AGM 2023

To be held at the Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hall Hotel and Spa, a beautiful 18th century manor house nestled in 15 acres of grounds with an ornamental lake. Highlights will include guided tour of Hodnet Hall gardens and Dingle Gardens in Shrewsbury’s Quarry Park.

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Kilquade House and Gardens

This is a unique opportunity to visit the private gardens at Kilquade House as they are not ordinarily open to the public. Members will have the opportunity to view several of the gardens on the estate including the woodland gardens and two walled gardens.

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The Laskett

The Laskett, set in the idyllic countryside of Herefordshire on the Welsh borders, are the creation of Sir Roy Strong CH and his late wife Julia Trevelyan Oman CBE.

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Fullers Mill

PGG visit to Fullers Mill – an enchanting and tranquil seven-acre creation on the banks of the River Lark. It combines a beautiful site of light dappled woodland with a plantsman’s collection of unusual shrubs, perennials, lilies and marginal plants.

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Wemyss Castle Gardens

PGG visit to Wemyss Castle Gardens – ‘One of the horticultural wonders of Scotland’. The grounds at Wemyss Castle have been gardened formally since the 17th century, each generation introducing their own aesthetics and ideas. After the second world war the walled garden became largely redundant but since 1993 it has been lovingly overhauled and redesigned by Charlotte Wemyss.

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Burghley House

PLEASE NOTE – THIS EVENT BEGINS AT 9.00AM. PGG Workshop – Management of mature and ancient trees in the landscape. The workshop will take place in the grounds and gardens of Burghley House, hosted by the head forester Pete Glassey. Pete will draw on some of his 35 years of experience managing Burghley’s diverse tree landscape to inform, educate and inspire on the subject of mature and ancient tree management in the landscape.

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York Gate and Golden Acre Park

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.

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Easton Walled Gardens

Enjoy the first signs of spring with a visit to Easton Walled Gardens during snowdrop season when flowers carpet the ground. The shelter of the valley brings both calm and energy, giving room to explore the joy of an English garden in all its forms.

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