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WKGN Forum, 1st October 2011. Dyffryn Gardens in the Vale of Glamorgan

This was our first Forum to be held in Wales. The theme was ‘Publicly Owned Gardens’ and attracted delegates from all over the UK.

You can download a report on the proceedings on the link below.

Report on Proceedings

THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM AT HAMPTON COURT PALACE, 16TH OCTOBER 2009

Our first venture of making links with productive walled gardens in Europe was a great success, with over 100 delegates, and an excellent range of speakers: from Belgium, France, Germany, and the UK.

A group of delegates in the Privy Garden

You can download a Report on Proceedings and transcripts of some of the talks:

Report on Proceedings

‘The Museum Garden at Castle Gaasbeek: the making and keeping of a living laboratory’

Herman van den Bossche

 ‘A Little Bit of Britain – two late 18th century walled kitchen gardens in Northern Germany’

Dr. Kristin Püttmann

THE HISTORIC GARDEN BURSARY SCHEME

Would you like to help you to advance your horticultural career and acquire practical skills and knowledge in these kinds of areas: propagation for historic and botanic gardens, record keeping for plant collections, management of veteran trees or the restoration of walled gardens?

The Historic and Botanic Garden Bursary Scheme enables enthusiastic and committed horticulturalists to increase their horticultural and other technical skills through practically based training placements, in a range of historic and botanic gardens.

Find out more by going to www.hbgbs.org.uk

The 2005 Forum, "Research, Recording and Renovation" was held at Tatton Park in Cheshire

You can download the following talks.

• Knightshayes Walled Kitchen Garden by John Ridgley
• How to Keep Gardening a Kitchen Garden by Deborah Evans (Head Gardener, Tyntesfield)
• How I Restored My Greenhouse by Linda Milk

WALLED KITCHEN GARDEN FORUM 2004
Restoration and Sustainability

The 2004 Forum was held at West Dean Gardens, Chichester, West Sussex on 30 October.

You can download copies of the following talks:

• Penpont Pinery – past, present and future? by Jonathan Williams

• Heritage Lottery Fund: handy hints for seeking grants by Lorna McRobie HLF Policy Adviser: Parks and Landscape

• History in Practice by Neil Porteous, Head Gardener, Clumber Park

• First Find Your Field: the building of a new walled garden by Robert Rendel

For more information on other Network events, please contact us on fiona.grant@walledgardens.net

Download a summary of the Walled Kitchen Gardens Forum held in Ledbury, Hereford, October 2001.