by Jo Bolt | Aug 16, 2018 | News
The Hampshire Gardens Trust has recently given a grant of £1,000 towards this very exciting and worthwhile project. Please read below, an update we have just received from them. ‘The Big Grow Project at Minstead is going from strength to strength. Since we...
by Jo Bolt | Aug 14, 2018 | News
On the evening of Monday 30th July, the Friends of Hyde Abbey Garden held their annual open air picnic in the Garden. It was well attended by members who enjoyed a convivial evening and were very pleased to welcome Steve Brine, MP for Winchester and Chandler’s Ford,...
by Jo Bolt | Aug 14, 2018 | News
The Trust has given a small grant to the donation fund of the Friends of Dean Garnier Garden for two new stone benches and a metal rose trellis arch, to be installed in the final stage of the Lady Chapel Garden redesign.
by Jo Bolt | Aug 9, 2018 | News
The WWII bed has been redesigned, with the box hedge which was lost to blight, being replaced by a new privet hedge. Gravel has been added and three Repton flower baskets made by Peter Clutterbuck, a local blacksmith. Particularly apt for the 200th anniversary of...
by Jo Bolt | Aug 9, 2018 | News
This year marks the bicentenary of the death of Humphry Repton (1752-1818). Stratton Park (Micheldever) and Herriard Park (south of Basingstoke) were the only two Repton sites in Hampshire. Repton’s trade mark was the ‘Red Book’ which he produced for each client with...
