The Walled Kitchen Gardens Network is an informal group of national organisations and individual experts. We decided there was a need to link up and develop a more integrated approach to restoring walled gardens, so that they become sustainable. By helping others work together we hope to support a renaissance of walled kitchen gardens: to tell their story, to value and share the knowledge around the country, and to hand on a rich asset to future generations.

The Network includes:

Susan Campbell susan.campbell@walledgardens.net
Susan has been researching the history of the walled kitchen garden for over 20 years. She has personally visited and photographed nearly 400 walled kitchen gardens in the UK and abroad, and is a foremost authority on the subject (see Publications ). She lectures and advises professionally and is currently recording the National Trust's restoration of the kitchen gardens and glasshouses at Tatton Park, for a book.

Adam Hunt adam.hunt@walledgardens.net
Adam has an academic background in plant sciences up to masters degree level. He was a founder member of Trees for London and subsequently worked in the public sector developing environmental initiatives and especially local food initiatives including farmer's markets, food directories and food fayres. He is an experienced project manager and fundraiser, has a good understanding of horticulture and has spent the last four years project managing the restoration of the Walled Garden at Cowdray in Midhurst, West Sussex.

Fiona Grant fiona.grant@walledgardens.net
Fiona is a garden historian with a particular interest in walled kitchen gardens. She arranged the first Forum on Walled Kitchen Gardens held in Herefordshire in October 2001, which helped to bring about the establishment of the Network shortly afterwards. Fiona also lectures on garden history and regularly organises and leads garden tours for the public. She now acts as secretary for the Network.

Tom Petherick tom.petherick@walledgardens.net
Trained in commercial horticulture, Tom was one of the original Heligan team (1993-6). He spent several years in small-scale organic agriculture in south India and restored two walled gardens in Dorset, certifying both under the Soil Association. He writes a weekly column in The Times and his book Heligan: A Portrait of The Lost Gardens was published in March 2004. He is currently restoring his family's walled garden in Cornwall and helping on many others.

The best way to contact the Network is via email: fiona.grant@walledgardens.net

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The national partner organisations in the Walled Kitchen Gardens Network are:

National Trust
36 Queen Annes Gate, London SW1H 9AS
0870 609 5380
www.nationaltrust.org.uk

For more information on their sustainable agriculture programme please contact Ellie Robinson: ellie.robinson@nationaltrust.org.uk

Assoc of Garden Trusts
70 Cowcross St, EC1M 6EJ
0207 251 2610
www.gardenstrusts.org.uk
Please contact Kate Harwood, Administrator:
agt@gardens-trusts.org.uk

Garden History Society
70 Cowcross St
London EC1M 6EJ
0207 608 2409
www.gardenhistorysociety.org
For all enquiries relating to the GHS's work as a statutory consultee on parks and gardens in England: conservation@gardenhistorysociety.org

Garden History Society in Scotland:
Washington House
Ardler
Blairgowrie
Perthshire PH12 8SR
0131 557 5717
scotland@gardenhistorysociety.org

FLAIR (Food & Local Agriculture Information Resource)
a project of f3, the Foundation for Local Food Initiatives
PO Box 1234
Bristol BS99 2PG
0845 458 9525
info@localfood.org.uk

English Heritage
23 Saville Row, London W1S 2ET
Bristol BS99 2PG
0207 973 3000
info@english-heritage.org.uk
www.english-heritage.org.uk

Alitex
A family business offering high quality, bespoke greenhouses in traditional styles.
www.victorian-greenhouses.com

Garden Organic
Garden Organic is the working name for the Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA). They are a registered charity and Europe’s largest organic membership organisation, dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food.
Ryton Organic Gardens,
Ryton-on-Dunsmore,
Coventry CV8 3LG
02476 313517
enquiry@hdra.org.uk
www.gardenorganic.org.uk

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Nantwich Walled Garden Society
www.nantwichwalledgarden.org.uk

The Nantwich Walled Garden Society was formally launched on 13 June 2004 by Viscount Ashbrook, patron of the Cheshire Gardens Trust. The society was formed from what was originally a small committee of enthusiasts called the Campaign to Conserve the Old Walled Garden.
For more information, contact the Secretary, Mrs Pat Fulford, on 01270 623575 or email secretary@nantwichwalledgarden.org.uk

National Gardens Scheme
www.ngs.org.uk

NGS gardens open for charity.
Publisher of the 'Yellow Book', the annual
best-seller listing 3,500 gardens that open for the NGS.

The Chiswick House Kitchen Garden Association
www.kitchengarden.org.uk

The only working Kitchen Garden in London, the Chiswick House Kitchen Garden Association is a purely voluntary organisation dedicated to reviving the walled gardens as a place of beauty and productivity and providing an educational project for teaching children, young people & others about gardening, plants & food.

Manor Gardens Nursery
www.manorgardensnursery.co.uk

Manor Gardens is a plant nursery set in a Victorian walled kitchen garden with several interesting original features.

Thomas Etty Esq
www.thomasetty.co.uk

Supplier of Heritage Seeds and Bulbs for the Period Garden.

Room in the Garden
www.roominthegarden.com

Room in the Garden produces elegant rusted steel garden structures from the beautifully restored walled garden at Cowdray Park. They also offer a variety of courses and events.

Old Garden Tools
www.oldgardentools.co.uk

This company has an extensive collection of antique and vintage garden tools and gardening paraphernalia. The collection is based in West London and is used mainly for hiring out to television companies, etc. However items occasionally come up for sale, and the website is a useful illustrated resource for garden historians and other researchers.

Eura Conservation
www.eura.co.uk

Eura specialise in the conservation and restoration of metal wood and glass structures, including glasshouses.

Cowbridge Physic Garden
www.cowbridgephysicgarden.org.uk

The one-time walled kitchen garden of Cowbridge Grammar School in South Wales, has been converted into a Physic Garden and will soon be open to the public. See the website address above for details.

Sheen Botanical Labels Limited
www.sheenbotanicallabels.co.uk

We specialise in engraving botanical and horticultural labels to order from lists supplied by clients. Our labels can be displayed in our matt-black powder coated aluminium label stands, which range in heights from 15cms to 50cms. Alternatively, we can punch holes in labels for hanging or, for mature trees, supply them with 'spring' tree fixings. Lastly, we engrave commemorative plaques which can be supplied with our own matt-black powder-coated galvanised steel holders.

Chiswick House and Gardens
www.chgt.org.uk

Chiswick House and Gardens is England's first and one of the finest examples of neo-Palladian architecture set in a beautiful 65-acre estate. It is situated in West London, six miles by road or a 15 minute tube ride, from Hyde Park Corner.

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