Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust Brooksby Award 2024
L to R: Sue Blaxland (Gardens Trust), Michelle Thom (Brooksby Lecturer for Apprenticeship Programme) Connor Thompson (student award recipient) Connor Thompson is this year’s recipient …
General News
Visit Peter’s garden
Looking for the house number of Peter’s house I spotted a front garden with a young wisteria at the front and thought that will be …
Visit Steve & Diane’s garden
I had been to see this garden a few years ago and remember the stunning view across the fields and also their conservatory – I …
Visit Sue’s garden
SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED! I was lucky enough to be invited to visit Sue Blaxland’s garden in Syston and wondered as she is a garden …
Visit Judith’s Garden.
I did not know what to expect when I went to visit Judith’s Garden. What I found, was a delight. When I arrived she was …
EXPLORING ELIZABETH BACON’s garden…………
How do YOU enjoy a garden? I met with Elizabeth on May Day and we took a stroll down her garden, whilst I shared with …
Gunthorpe Hall
Everyone enjoyed the walk and those that came to the meal that too. Click on the photos to enlarge them:
Coleorton Hall Gardens 1827
Special collections of Leicester University the Excursions of William Fry (1763*1849). In 1827 he was visiting relations in the Loughborough area and on one day …
Susan Campbell 1931-2024
Research Group members were very sad to learn of the death of Susan Campbell, founder and chair of the Walled Kitchen Garden Network. She came …