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 …
Guided walk to Grace Dieu and pub lunch
Everyone enjoyed the walk and those that came to the meal that too. Click on the photos to enlarge them:
Hear Troy Scott-Smith at Newtown Linford Gardening Club
We are again holding a celebrity evening at Newtown Linford Gardening Club and this year our guest is Troy Scott-Smith who is the head gardener …
Article for the Gardens Trust E-News including our 20th anniversary “poem”
Leicestershire and Rutland differ from many other Gardens Trusts in that we do not have a large number of Registered Parks and Gardens – just …
Bridgewater, Chatsworth and Felley Priory trip
Good Morning Steve Just to say a great big thank you to the L&RGT committee for arranging a superb couple of days visiting Bridgewater, Chatsworth and …
2023 St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Loughborough visit to the Botanical Gardens
Make and eat your own fruit kebab – by far the most popular activity! Discovering new foods in the tropical greenhouse Searching for pond life …
2023 Brooksby Melton College Horticultural Award
Ben Freeston Silva is this year’s recipient of the Trust’s Brooksby Student Award. This £100 bursary is given to the student who has made the …
Netherhall Special School project update
The willow arch at Netherhall School, partly-funded by the Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust, has now been planted. Steve Pickup, of The Willowbank Company, who …