AGT Research & Recording

The Association of Gardens Trusts
the national charity representing the 36 County Gardens Trusts in the care and conservation of
the historic designed landscape

Every garden has a story to tell... our parks are recognised worldwide as an art form.
The AGT assists County Gardens Trusts to hold special research & recording days, lectures and workshops in different parts of the country. The aim is to help anyone interested in how to go about researching a garden or historic park. You do not have to be an expert...
however, attendance will inform and stimulate. You will learn about aspects of landscape and garden design, surveys and maps, famous designers and architects, and family history.

PARKS & GARDENS UK is a database being developed to share information online about the history and design of gardens and parks. It is supported by York University, the Association of Gardens Trusts and county gardens trusts volunteers.

Go to www.parksandgardens.ac.uk -
a treasure trove of garden knowledge

New books
Hertfordshire Garden History:
A Miscellany
Edited by Anne Rowe

A new illustrated publication - the Follies of Europe by Caroline Holmes, photographs by Nic Barlow.

With Abundance and Variety New research on Yorkshire parks and gardens edited by Susan Kellerman

Natural England, The National Trust, South Lakeland Orchard Group and The Northern Fruit Group are spearheading a project to create The Local Apple Register and The Pear Register.

Rivers Nursery - This account of one of the most important of the Fruit Tree Nurseries of the 19^th century.

to read a review

WITH ABUNDANCE AND VARIETY: YORKSHIRE GARDENS AND GARDENERS ACROSS FIVE CENTURIES is the first major publication from the Yorkshire Gardens Trust, Edited by Susan Kellerman. The book features new research focusing on Yorkshire’s gardens and parks, and their creators and custodians, exemplifying the
diversity of Britain’s largest historical county.

A revised and updated 3rd Edition of Parks and Gardens by David Lambert, Peter Goodchild and Judith Roberts, has been publisehed in association with English Heritage.