Photos from the PGG visit to Leighton Hall on the 26th June 2015. Situated in the south of the Lake District the hall is the ancestral home of the Gillow family, best known as cabinet makers and upholsterers, the location is set in stunning surroundings, the garden was laid out
Read more →Photos from the PGG visit to Sissinghurst Gradens on the 6th June 2015. The gardens are set in a series of ten separate gardens, each individually landscaped to reflect the romance and intimacy of Sackville-West poems and writings. Located in the Weald of Kent it is owned and maintained by
Read more →Photographs of the PGG visit to the gardens and house of writer Christopher Lloyd which are under the stewardship of Fergus Garrett and the Great Dixter Charitable Trust. The garden is a centre of education and a place of pilgrimage for horticulturists from across the world. Keeping to the original
Read more →PGG meeting to Newby Hall and Littlethorpe Manor in North Yorkshire. Newby Hall has 25 acres of gardens laid out in the 1920s. Littlethorpe Manor’s 11 acre garden includes a walled garden based on cycle of seasons.
Read more →PGG Southern area visit to Sissinghurst Castle & Gardens and Great Dixter. Sissinghurst Castle gardens are set in a series of ten separate gardens, each individually landscaped. Great Dixter gardens and house are the family home of writer Christopher Lloyd.
Read more →PGG North visit to Herteton Gardens then onto Longframlington Gardens in Northumberland.
Read more →PGG South Wales visit to Allt-y-Bela and High Glanau Manor. This is a private visit to garden designer Arne Maynard’s garden at Allt-y-Bela and then on to High Glanau Manor, a Grade 2 Listed Edwardian garden in the Arts and Crafts style.
Read more →PGG Northern area visit to Parcevall Hall and Bolton Hall near Appletreewick in North Yorkshire.
Read more →Holkham Hall is a grand palladian mansion designed by William Kent for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester. The 6 and a half acres of walled gardens have been undergoing a major restoration, firstly the large range of victorian glasshouses and more recently a complete replanting of the gardens.
Read more →PGG Southern area visit to Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk – the grandest estate in East Suffolk. The walled gardens house an exceptional range of original Joseph Paxton glasshouses including the recently restored peach ‘cases’ which run the length and width of one of the walls.
Read more →Following an extremely interesting and varied events schedule this year, your area Organisers have been busy planning more visits and events for 2015. Some of these are now open for booking so please have a look at the Events page and remember that places do fill up very quickly. If there’s a location you don’t want to miss you can book it now!
Read more →PGG visit to the 42 acres of gardens at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire followed by a visit to Knebworth House gardens also in Hertfordshire.
Read more →PGG visit to The Dorothy Clive Garden in Shropshire and then on to John and Elizabeth Ravenscroft’s Cherry Tree Arboretum before returning to The Dorothy Clive.
Read more →PGG visit to Powis Castle and its world famous garden, with many large clipped yew trees. The garden was laid out under the influence of Italian and French styles. The castle itself, built circa 1200, began life as a medieval fortress.
Read more →The Arboretum is home to the Armed Forces Memorial which commemorates those who have been killed on duty. This is a wonderful, serene special place set in 150 acres of woodland and gardens.
Read more →PGG visit to the gardens at Bishop’s Palace and Milton Lodge in Wells, Somerset
Read more →Photographs of the PGG visit to Craig Y Bwla, Crickhowell on 17th October 2014.
Read more →Photographs of the visit by the PGG to The Pant, Abergavenny on 17th October 2014.
Read more →For the four days from Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th September the current PGG trainees, along with the current one year HBGBS students, and four students from the McRobert Trust in Aberdeenshire, all attended the annual trainee seminar held at Dunford House Conference Centre in Midhurst, West Sussex. The long
Read more →The last week of March 2014 saw five PGG trainees fly off to Sintra in Portugal for the week, for the wonderful opportunity of visiting the area and working in the beautiful garden at the Palace of Monserratte.
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