August 2017 - Walled Kitchen Gardens Network

West Dean Walled Garden Glass and Glasshouses Saturday 23rd September Booking form – West Dean 2017 PDF 9.00 Registration and coffee 10.00 Welcome followed by our speakers and hosts: Sarah Wain & Jim Buckland – Head Gardeners of West Dean Gardens for over 25 years Simon Harrison – Victorian Glasshouse Company Chris Sawyer -Director at Alitex Ben Pope– head gardener of private estate with restored walled garden near Petersfield, Hants There will be a coffee break during the talks 1.00 – 2.00 Lunch 2.00 Tours of the Walled Kitchen Gardens with Sarah and Jim Ending with tea and time for discussion. 16.30 End of the first day In… Read more »

Programme Forum 2017 – West Dean Walled Gardens Glass and Glasshouses In 1991, in the aftermath of the Great Storms of 1987, Jim Buckland and Sarah Wain began a programme of renovation works at West Dean Gardens. They are the inspirational leaders of the garden team, bringing zeal, imagination, deep horticultural knowledge and an ever-growing understanding and enthusiasm for the gardens and its history. (West Dean 2017) The walled garden is a fabulous Edwardian kitchen garden with thirteen fully stocked period glasshouses and plant houses, frames and pits, fruit house, herbaceous borders, zig-zag fruit wall, Heritage fruit and vegetable collections, tool and mower collections. 2016 marked 25 years since… Read more »