Helen Leiper

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Prince Pickle and his German Gardens…and English Heiresses

Kate Harwood will introduce us to a German prince with a passion for gardening and his search for an English heiress Prince Pickle - or Fürst Hermann von Pückler-Muskau to give him his full title - was a Prussian nobleman whose great passion was gardening. He...

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A Landscape History of Cassiobury presented by Laurie Elvin

This is our next talk which will be held at Woolmer Green Village Hall on Monday December 2nd at 2:30pm. Tickets are available from Eventbrite, the cost is £5.00 for Hertfordshire Gardens Trust members and £10.00 for non-members. More information and booking details...

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Walled Garden Research Project

At our first meeting on August 13th at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS) we decided to use the 2nd edition 25” OS maps (as they can be seen at HALS and the National Library of Scotland have them online), to create a list of the walled gardens in...

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SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING 23rd AUGUST 2024 at 3:00PM

After our very fruitful discussions concerning the new Trust Constitution at our recent AGM held on 16th July 2024 at Greys Farm, we have sent out to all members a formal notice for a Special General Meeting to be held on 23rd August 2024 in the garden (weather...

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Research Planning Meeting at HALS, Hertford

Tuesday August 13th 2024 10.00 am to 1.00 pm A meeting was held on March 16th to discuss the way forward for research by those of our members who were interested. It was decided that walled gardens would be an interesting and fruitful topic and would be one that could...

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