A visit from The Garden Museum

Celebrating the Great British garden (and the museum that endeavours to keep doing so)

On June 7th we took part in an event held by the wonderful Garden Museum, whereby visitors came to Pykards Hall to look around our gardens. It was a lovely time, thankfully not hampered by the early summer rain and clouds. We have long been fans of the Garden Museum and were delighted to support such a magnificent cause.

If you are not familiar with The Garden Museum, you are missing out on something wonderful.

The Garden Museum was set up in 1977 and is the only one of its kind that is dedicated to the art, history and design of British gardens. It is housed in the medieval and Victorian church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, London, the planned demolition of which inspired founders Rosemary and John Nicholson to start the museum. The church is the burial place of John Tradescant (c1570 – 1638), the first great gardener and plant-hunter in British history, and in the grounds of which is a tomb dedicated to him and his son, erected in 1662 and sculpted with images of the gardeners’ travels and collecting. The creation of the museum persevered both the tomb and the church, and marked the beginnings of magnificent collection the museum holds today. Ever since then the museum has worked to explore and celebrate the making of British gardens and gardening through a mixture of exhibitions, talks, and interviews that celebrate heroes and heroines from the forgotten plant-hunters and gardeners of the past, to the designers and writers in fashion today.

To learn more about the museum and to see when their other events are, please visit their website www.gardenmuseum.org.uk. Whether you are an enthusiastic amateur gardener, a specialist, or someone with a passion for museums, history or architecture, the Museum has something for you.