Mount Stewart and Clandeboye, Gardens of the Ard Peninsula, Northern Ireland A Northern Ireland Forum Visiting Ireland for the first time with the WKGN, our Forum will be held this year on the 13th and 14th October at the Clandeboye Estate and Mount Stewart, with visits to other nearby walled gardens Our speakers are among the leading authorities on Irish Gardens, their history and restoration. We have the opportunity to hear from: Neil Porteous Head Gardener at Mount Stewart, Regional Head of National Trust Gardens in Northern Ireland and plantsman: ‘WALLED GARDEN AT MOUNT STEWART – the next chapter’         Finola Reid Garden historian and acknowledged expert… Read more »

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               Can you help us restore this lovely Regency Walled Kitchen Garden in Mid Devon? We are looking for two people (might possibly suit friends or a couple, retired or on a sabbatical) to help out with our project to restore the garden at Ashley Court near Tiverton in Devon. The main house dates from 1805 but the garden is quite probably a lot older, maybe 1650’s. It is currently being surveyed by the Devon Gardens Trust to assess its historic significance. It is ¾ of an acre and is remarkably un-changed over the last 150 years or so with some mysterious fixtures and… Read more »

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