Autumn Lecture by Richard Wheeler, Saturday 19th November 2011

Over 45 members and guests were treated to a stimulating lecture

South Hill Park visit, Saturday 24th September 2011

The House was built in 1760 by William Watts, an Indian Nabob

Valley Gardens Visit, 19th May 2011

Members of the Trust enjoyed a real treat during our mid-May visit to these gardens.

Spring Lecture by Dr Michael Keith-Lucas, 9th April 2011

Write-up of event coming soon.

Woolley Park Visit, 12th June 2010

By kind invitation of Mrs Kirsten Loyd, some 45 members and friends spent a sunny afternoon in the walled garden of our President, Lady Wroughton, in the far west of the Royal County of Berkshire.

What is a Gertrude Jekyll Garden?, 28th November 2009

It was fitting that, on a typically English, blustery November night, Berkshire Gardens Trust members and friends should battle their way through torrential rain to hear a talk about that most English of garden designers: Gertrude Jekyll.

Inaugural Lecture, 24th January 2009

$Repton with theodolite$

About seventy members and guests attended the Trust’s inaugural lecture given by Ben Viljoen on Humphry Repton and his work in Berkshire. The lecture was held in the Purley Manorial Barn and wine and light refreshments ensured a festive atmosphere for the event..