Disease-resistant elms to restore Lodge Park avenue
Margie Hoffnung, the GT’s conservation officer, and two representatives from the Gloucestershire Gardens and Landscape Trust, were invited by the National Trust to visit Lodge Park in order to hear about their plans to replant and restore the Charles Bridgeman landscape. The long-term project is based on the recommendations of a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) […]
Edward Kemp (1817–91): Landscape Gardener
We have just published a new on-line issue of our journal Garden History. Dr Barbara Simms, our Honorary Journal Editor introduces it: The Gardens Trust is pleased to devote a special online issue of Garden History, its international academic journal, to the proceedings of the one-day symposium on the Landscape Gardener Edward Kemp (1817–91). Held […]
Christopher Thacker remembered
Christopher Thacker was the founder editor of our journal Garden History, a great garden historian, and a good and kind friend. Min Wood has written this appreciation which appears in our upcoming journal. In Memoriam: Christopher John CharlesThacker (1931–2018) Christopher Thacker, who died on 27 September 2018 at the age of eighty-seven, was one of […]
Sharing Landscapes competition: how to enter
The Gardens Trust is running a new Sharing Landscapes competition to encourage greater inclusivity in enjoying historic parks and gardens. The Sharing Landscapes competition aims to encourage professionals and volunteers working in the historic landscape sector to push themselves to welcome as many people as possible to visit historic parks and gardens. It is organised as […]