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The State of our Parks

The State of our Parks

A report commissioned by The Gardens Trust written by Katy Layton-Jones with the assistance of others including Kate Harwood of HGT. Please download a copy: Uncertain Prospects: Public parks in the new age of austerity

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Woodhall Park Study Day

Woodhall Park Study Day

The Capability Men Jenny Milledge and Kate Harwood organised a memorable Study Day in the elegant surroundings of Woodhall Park (Figure 1) as part of the CB300 celebrations and at the invitation of the current owner of Woodhall, Mr Ralph Abel Smith.  In devising the...

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Hatfield Study Day

Hatfield Study Day

‘Not in My back Yard?’ A Collaborative Approach to Development In the spacious surroundings of the Riding School 44 delegates were treated to talks on three very different aspects of conservation and development. Kate Harwood’s first slide (Figure 1.) was a shocking...

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Gobions Wood

The Research Group has undertaken surveys of Gobions Wood at Brookmans Park. Within this lovely wood lie the earthwork remains of a famous eighteenth-century garden designed by Charles Bridgeman for Jeremy Sambrooke and laid out in the 1720s. Visited by many notable...

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Bridgeman rond-point restored in Tring Park

Bridgeman rond-point restored in Tring Park

On 9 April 2014 the research team and guests enjoyed a great afternoon at Tring Park at the invitation of the Woodland Trust to celebrate the restoration of the Charles Bridgeman rond-point – ceremonially completed by the planting of the final tree by Lady Verulam. A...

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Hertfordshire: A Landscape History

Hertfordshire: A Landscape History

Hertfordshire: A Landscape History More than three decades after the publication of Lionel Munby's seminal work, The Hertfordshire Landscape, Anne Rowe and Tom Williamson have produced an authoritative new study based on their own extensive fieldwork and documentary...

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