Public Parks and Gardens in Gloucestershire – The Four Rural Districts by Chris Archibald

Public Parks and Gardens in Gloucestershire – The Four Rural Districts by Chris Archibald

In the county of Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire County Council shares responsibility for governance with six District Councils. Two of the district councils, Gloucester City Council and Cheltenham Borough Council are urban in nature and the other four, Cotswold District Council, Forest of Dean District Council, Stroud District Council and North Gloucestershire Borough Council are generally rural …

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Gloucestershire Gardens and Landscape Trust Project on the County’s Orchards

Gloucestershire Gardens and Landscape Trust Project on the County’s Orchards

As members who attended Paul Rabbitt’s talk on municipal parks know, GGLT with help from the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust, is preparing a plan for volunteers to help with establishing up-to-date information on the county’s orchards, both as existing at the present time, and where possible with some historic background. Objective The main aims of the …

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Garden History Research Day – Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Garden History Research Day – Tuesday 23rd April 2024

We have been chatting to our friends in the neighbouring County Gardens Trusts (CGTs):  Wiltshire, Avon and Somerset, and have worked together to organise a really brilliant Garden History Research Day – FREE for any would-be researchers out there! The details of how the day will pan out  are almost finalised, but in the meantime …

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