(to be launched on the RHS Libraries website on 08 June). An on-line exhibition based on the diaries of Loyal Johnson, an American student, who, in 1928, visited more than eighty gardens in the UK with his friend Sam Brewster. They travelled, mostly by bicycle, and kept detailed records of their journey (almost 1,500 miles). […]
Coffee and cake will be served on arrival at Fullers Mill, West Stow. This enchanting 7 acre garden, created over 50 years by its owner, Bernard Tickner, is managed today by Perennial - The Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Society. The garden is situated on the banks of the River Lark and comprises woodland and a plantsman’s […]
Meet at 2.00pm at The Old Fighting Cocks Inn Walk to be led by Sally Pearson This walk will require imagination! Very little remains of the mediaeval monastery buildings in St Albans, let alone the garden areas which we know lay between them. But, as with other historic landscapes, by walking the ground, and hearing […]
Our first visit is to Deene Park in Northamptonshire, the home since 1514 of the Brudenell family, whose most famous member was the 7th Earl of Cardigan, who led the Charge of the Light Brigade. The contents and furnishings of Deene Park are exceptionally interesting, so after coffee we start the day with a private […]