Valley of the Water of Leith between Stockbridge and Dean Village
Following up the Public Meeting at Main Assembly Hall, Edinburgh Academy, 42 Henderson Row, Edinburgh EH3 5BL from 10am to 12 noon, on Saturday 16 March 2013. The GHS is part of an initiative to: Lead the renovation of the the Picturesque river valley running through the centre of Edinburgh, created during the Age of […]
Wentworth Castle: the Conservatory, another Conference and a Book
Wentworth Castle: the Conservatory, another Conference and a Book Patrick Eyres The extraordinary Georgian palace of Wentworth Castle, Barnsley, is home to the Northern College for Residential Adult Education, while the gardens and park are owned and managed by the Wentworth Castle Heritage Trust, which over the past decade has implemented the rolling programme of […]
Fragments of History: Study Day looking at the Caldwell Estate, 9 June 2012
Fragments of History: Study Day looking at the Caldwell Estate, 9 June 2012 report by John West An 18th century print of Caldwell shows the marked similarity to Dumfries House, and its setting, 30 miles away On Saturday 9 June the GHSS East Renfrewshire Group organized a Study Day in the Mure Hall in Uplawmoor. […]
A Family Affair: The Avenue Gardens and Picturesque Shrubbery, Regent’s Park, London
A Family Affair: The Avenue Gardens and Picturesque Shrubbery, Regent’s Park, London Dr Shirley Evans describes the work of the Nesfield family In this plan of the gardens, right is north In 1861 the landscape designer William Andrews Nesfield, 1794–1881, received one of his most important public commissions; not only because the scheme is still […]
Out of the rough revisited… A tale of two golf courses (at Stowe)
Out of the rough revisited… A tale of two golf courses (at Stowe) Sarah Rutherford, of Bucks Gardens Trust This is a tale of two golf courses and what exemplary restoration can be achieved in a great landscape garden with the generosity of an anonymous benefactor. It is a good news story, one which was […]