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Mavis Batey

After her career as a World War II codebreaker, Mavis went on to be at the forefront of the movement to protect historic designed landscapes, helping to ensure the survival of many important gardens for the future.

Places

Horatio’s Garden and the Legacy of Restorative Landscapes

Horatio’s Garden supports the recovery and wellbeing of people with spinal injuries within NHS healthcare settings

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Historic Designed Landscape as UK World Heritage Sites

Gardens Trust Trustee Chris Blandford OBE takes us on a tour of those with historic designed landscapes in the UK and the benefit this status brings

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Playgrounds: a short history

Designed to improve our health and community cohesion, playgrounds began as ‘gymnasia’ for all to use.

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What is the Register of Parks and Gardens?

Our heritage of gardens, parks, and other designed ornamental and recreational landscapes are captured in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.

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A potted history of public parks

One of the greatest ‘inventions’ of the 19th century was the public park. Today, we all use them – and love them – but what do we actually know about them?

Periods

Roman Gardens

When we picture the gardens of the Roman period, our minds often leap to grand courtyards and marble statues, yet the reality was far more varied and influential than such images suggest.

People

Robert Marnock

Robert Marnock (1800-89) was a Scottish landscape gardener, designer, curator, nurseryman, head gardener, garden writer and editor who designed many gardens across Britain.

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Tudor Gardens

With the end of the Wars of the Roses, England under the Tudor monarchs became a more peaceful country than it had been previously. Architecture became less defensive and more outward looking and the rich further developed their gardens.