(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). […]
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 […]
Meet at 10.30am at the Jellicoe Water Gardens, Hemel Hempstead Walk to be led by Kate Harwood This walk will take in the restored Water Gardens designed by Geoffrey Jellicoe as the centrepiece of Hemel Hempstead new town. The influences behind its final shape, the changes in the design and concept, the dereliction into which […]
Our first visit will be Hillesden House, the home of Mr and Mrs Faccenda. With five acres of formal gardens and eighty acres of deer park, there is room for carp lakes, fountains and waterfalls, in addition to rose, alpine and herbaceous borders. Coffee/Tea will be taken on arrival. After lunch at The Old Thatched […]
This year’s AGM will be held on Thursday, July 12th 2018 at Thundridge Hill House, by kind permission of Christopher and Susie Melluish. The garden will be open from 6.00pm when a glass of wine will be served. The meeting will start at 7.00pm and members are invited to stay for picnics—please bring tables and […]