Henleaze Garden Club
Gardens of Buckinghamshire 14-17 July 2024
In reality, the gardens covered four counties - Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire & Oxfordshire - and covered a wide range of British garden design styles spanning classic 17th century landscape to modern day Chelsea gold winners gardens. For architecture lovers, there was plenty to enjoy with houses from Tudor to 1960s, together with the opportunity to wander around the medieval market town of Buckingham as our hotel was situated in the centre. Apart from Stowe, all the houses we visited remain family homes.
And lots of ‘Wow’ moments - including for our Tour Manager Colin Crosbie ( ex Wisley Head Curator) who rated one of the gardens ( read on!) as one of his absolute favourites. Several of the gardens have won awards, including HHA Garden of the Year Award for Chenies Manor and The Manor House Bledlow.
Here is a short description of each garden in the order we visited, together with my personal WOWs. Sophie Bindoss
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