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Tom Acton, Head Gardener at Arley • The Garden Trust’s response to Government plans • Elijah Ashworth, orchid grower • Jake Croft, Head Gardener, update • The Wildflowers of Cyprus

Lindsay Berry, Quarry Bank Mill • Don Billington, Bromeliad expert • Heaton Parks, Stockport • The Public Parks and Gardens of Merseyside • Tulip Trees; and Curious Connections

Norley Bank Farm • Crinkle Crankle Walls • Thomas White (c. 1736-1811) • Garden Party at Ashton Grange • Sefton Park Palm House • Bramhall Park

Congleton Bath House and Physic Garden • Zdenek Valkoun, Dorothy Clive gardens • Thomas Mawson in the Lake District • Bankhead Garden • The Power of Gardening and Volunteering

20 Years of Cheshire Gardens Trust • Marcus Chilton Jones • Jill Wright The History of Smallholdings • Trees and Climbers at Dunham Massey • Morrey’s Nursery closure • Future Events

The Streamside Garden, RHS Bridgewater • Stefan Roberts, Head Gardener, Lyme Park • History of Herbaceous Borders • Quinta Arboretum • Dunham Massey Orangery

Women of the Welfare Landscape • Visit to Betley Court, Staffordshire • Growing&Field28 • Thomas Mawson in the Lake District • Ashton Grange revisited • Heritage Open Day • Pictorial Meadows • AGM, Castle Park

The Sheffield School of Planting • Bruntwood Park, Stockport • Wilmslow Wells for Africa • Visit to Mayfield Park • Mavis Caldwell (1927 — 2023)

Sarah Murch, wildlife pool designer • Wildegoose Nursery • Thomas Leese, Manley Knoll • Mary Egerton’s Botanic Garden • Thomas Hayton Mawson

John Hitchens, Altrincham Gardener • Behind the Scenes at RHS Bridgewater • Walton Hall and Gardens • Collections and Conservation at Chester Zoo • Why is this here? Appleton Hall • Research and Recording Group

Who designed this? • An Island Garden — La Seigneurie • Bluebell Arboretum and Nursery • Jane Roberts at Dove Cottage • Dan Pearson and Lowther Castle • Congleton Bath House & Physic Garden • Manchester Viaduct Sky Garden • Cholmondeley Castle Gardens

Filming in Gordon Cooke’s Garden • Research and Recording at Capesthorne • Picturesque garden on the Sandstone Ridge • Peter Shepheard, Landscape Architect • Award for RHS Bridgewater • Abbeywood visit and AGM • Manchester’s Sky Park •

Mick Brown, the gardens at Chatsworth • Andrew Degg, Head Gardener, Combermere • Abbey • Walton Hall and Gardens • Anthony Tavernor, Plas Cadnant • Lyme Park Consultation • Arabella Lennox Boyd

Norton Priory Walled Garden • Alexandra Park • Malpas Gates — why are they here? • Chester Zoo, the Fight against Extinction • Benton End • Ode to Joy

Sandymere Social • Plant Heritage, Sonia Chapman • The Roaring Bridge at Tabley • Simon Tetlow, Tatton Park • Bluebell Cottage Gardens • Stockport’s many Public Parks • One House Walled Garden • Tom Stuart Smith, Garden Designer • Why is this here? The Obelisk

Island Gardens, talk by Jackie Bennett • Sheer Folly, talk by Caroline Holmes • Jake Croft, Head Gardener, Adlington Hall • The Arno, Oxton, Wirral • Why is this here: Beaconsfield House • Beth Chatto Biography, Catherine Horwood • A Passion for Hostas

Barry Grain, Cholmondeley Head Gardener • Judging with the RHS —Martin Fish • Congleton Park • Why is this here? —Marbury Country Park • The role of The Gardens Trust • Funding boost for Conservation • A plea from Ed Bennis

John Claudius Loudon and Jane Webb • Cwm Dili Restoration Landscape Part 2 • Why is this here? — New series from Research and Recording Group • Rhododendrons, Camellias and Magnolias • Trees and Shrubs Online

Sarah Witts, Head Gardener, Lyme Park • Ed Bennis’s talk on Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe • The Public Parks of Macclesfield • CGT/Ness travel bursary • Powis Castle Gardens • Medieval Gardens • CGT and Education

John Budworth, Head Gardener, Norton Priory • Aberglasney and Cholmondeley Castle Gardens • Caldwell’s Nursery in 20thCentury - Part 2 • CGT and other events • Percy Cane, Garden Designer • Tales from Cumbria • Gordon Darlington —A Welsh Pipeline

A garden reborn - Christine and Rupert Wilcox Baker • Armchair exploration - Verdin Park • Allestree Park — childhood memories • Caldwell’s Nursery in the twentieth century • Dahlias and plant names • A Grand Chicken Coop in Cheshire

Fryer’s Roses • AGM at Arley • Graham Richardson, Head Gardener, • Grappenhall Heys • Ness/CGT Bursary • Keukenhof and Villandry

James Russell 20th century designer • The National Garden Scheme • Ernest Wilson, plant hunter extraordinaire • Head Gardener, Adrian Lovatt • Inspiration and planning at Bramham Park • Walled Kitchen Garden Network

Humphry Repton • Head Gardener, Gordon Baillie • West Dean Gardens • Caldwell’s Nursery – Ken Roe's story

Two Gardens in Eyam • Tatton Flower Show: behind the scenes • Head Gardener, Crispin Spencer • Ness/CGT Travel Bursary

AGM at Henbury Hall • Tree Identification at Quinta Arboretum • Glorious Summer Gardens • Head gardener Emma Hill at Hare Hill

Hellebores: passion or addiction? • Heritage gardens of Ireland • Grot spot to Grotto • Collecting in the Clouds

William Andrews Nesfield • Lindley and the Garden Museum • Mirepoix Apple Festival • Christmas Wrath making at Henbury Hall • Z is for Zoological Garden

Laskey Farm • Sanssoucci Palace • Repton and Eastham ferry • Dibleys Nursery — behind the scenes • Y is for Yew

Croco Bank Farm • CGT Out on the Road • Chatsworth RHS Show • X is for Xtraordinary Gardens

Crematoria to die for — Hilary Grainger • Malmo to Gothenberg • W is for Water Gardens

The Land beneath our Boots — John Handley • Swedish Trip Sept 2016 • Kemp’s Bicentenary • V is for Vinery

Sandymere Gardens • Rhododendron Workshop • U is for Urn • Stumpery Garden at RHS Tatton

Caldwell’s Nurserymen Customers • Trentham Estate, Staffordshire • T is for Topiary • Digging Worsley New Hall

The history of Piccadilly Gardens • Celebrating Runcorn • S is for Sunken Gardens • Swedish gardens • Launches of Caldwell book and website

Garden Shows & Festivals: an international perspective • R is for Rockeries • Abney Hall and the Grove • Dates for your Diary

Cogshall Grange • Q is for Quarry Garden • More from the Caldwell Archives • Wildflowers of Crete • Before Reaseheath

Adlington Hall and Gardens • Cholmondeley Castle’s gardens through the centuries • P is for Pergola • Caldwell Website launched

Liverpool’s Botanic Garden • O is for Orchard • Cheshire’s Gardening Guru? • Nesfield, father and son • News and Events

Planting bulbs for Spring display • Garden Shows and Festivals • N is for Nursery • New Roads through Old landscapes • Study Trip to Sweden

The East Garden at Arley Hall • Continuity and Change — the AGT Conference • M is for Mount • Exciting new learning opportunities

Creative Flower Photography • Stonyford Cottage Gardens and Nursery • A possible merger with GHS • L is for Loggia • London Open Squares Day

Capability Brown and the Gift of Landscape • Chetham’s Library • Manchester nurserymen • K is for Kitchen Gardens

Birtles Hall, Macclesfield • Portugal visit, part two • J is for Japanese gardens • Vintage horticultural tools • Anniversaries •

Dazzling Dahlias • Day one in Portugal • Eastern Promise: the AGT Conference in London • I is for Icehouse • Caldwell … and Cake!

Morville Hall and the Dower House • Gardens Walk through a Saltscape • Learning about trees • H is for Ha-Ha • Digging up Kemp

Humphry Repton: Landscape Gardener and illusionist • Pleasing Melancholy: the past, present and future of our cemeteries • G is for Gazebo • Allotments and the Priestnall Site

Gredington’s Viburnums • Caldwell — the next step • Eyecatchers and follies • Your Council of Management • Lisbon Study Trip

Time and Tide Garden memories • Deer Parks • Olympic Park • The Smallest Park in the World • Two hundred years of gooseberries

Dorfold Hall • Gaskell House • Floriade • C is for Carpet-bedding • Thomas Mawson in Cheshire

Special Perennials — late summer bloomers • B is for Bothy • Norley, Marsala and Nelson • Norton Priory — maps and photos • Caldwell Project — RHS Tatton

Restoring Elizabeth Gaskell’s garden • A is for Avenue — the first in a new series describing garden features, with special reference to Cheshire • Nesfield and Crewe Hall • Chelsea Physic Garden

Gardens of Germany • The Morville Gardens • Creating the “King Canute” garden • Backford Hall — history uncovered • Dicksons of Chester

Tattenhall & Wollerton • Members become cartophiles! • Floriculture • Lowther Castle restoration begins

Domains of taste & pleasure • Daffodils & bluebells • Cheshire Archaeology Day • Landscape Gardens in Ormerod

Biddulph Gardens & Knypersley Hall • Mrs Delany’s collages • Cheshire Local History Day • Landscape Gardens in Ormerod

Trentham Gardens • Gardening the British way in Iraq • Harvington Hall • Gardens on the Isle of Wight • What to do with your apple harvest

Alpine Biodiversity • Caldwell Archives Update • Vernon Park — the historical perspective • Everything you could ever want

Growing fruit trees at Tatton • Caldwell’s: The Atora Suet Connection • Canal Trees and Cherry Trees • Curious flowers and uses for dung

Springfield’s Parks’ Day • National Gardens Scheme • Mrs Delany and her Circle • Dates for your diary

Bluebell Cottage Gardens • Lyme Park • Treasures of the Kitchen Garden • AGT Conference

The Artist in the Garden • Boden Hall • Trafford Hall Gardens • Frodsham Best Kept Gardens • Schools’ competitions

A quiet spot in Cheshire • Capesthorne — 1850 • AGM Report • Spring Lecture Report • Book Reviews and coming events

Design ideas in Sale • Zoos ancient and modern • Cheshire Local History Day Report • Meet Arley’s new head gardener • Awayday Report

Adlington Hall • Floating gardens • Nantwich hidden gardens • Tales of tatton and China • Palladio’s 500th birthday •

Birkenhead Park • The Secret garden at Styal • Grappenhall Heys update • CGT goes continental • Food with a difference … And more

Rare but obtainable Plants • In the footsteps of Betjemen • Updates on Norton Priory and Dunham • Garden visit season begins

Linnaeus and the binomial system • Our Chair reports on his China adventures • Recognition for the President of AGT • Tea or beer? Bread or potatoes? A brief history of William Cobbett

Dunham Massey • Castle Park Gardens, Frodsham • Crewe Hall gardens • Caldwell Nursery Archives: Update •

Meaning and Illusion in the Chinese garden • Research & recording training day • Delightful Daphnes and a potter’s garden • Caldwell Nursery Archives

Fields of corn • Piccadilly gardens • Another side to William Roscoe • Courting controversy

Chester Zoo — Minus the animals • Jekyll & Lutyens — a privileged & private view • The Moon & Shamrocks: some fascination titbits • Crocodiles & pelicans — a request for help

Trentham Gardens transformed • Japanese Garden in Sale • Grosvenor Park • Halecroft Park

Stamford Park • Top tips to encourage Biodiversity • The Gazetteer takes shape • The AGT Conference comes to N. Wales

Birkenhead Park • Fletcher Moss gardens • Trentham Gardens • How to create a walled garden

‘Mr Darcy’ or the Gentleman Gardener • A 21st Century Garden • London parks — website wins awards

Eaton Hall • Grappenhall Heys — a nostalgic visit • Exploring the past • Progress of an ignorant gardener: A cautionary tale of success

Whatever happened to the Medlar? • A tale of a trail 2 • Edward Leeds, a brief biography • More on Walled Gardens

Daffodils: The North West connection • The tail of a trail • Perennial: the garden lover’s charity

The Old Hall Hotel and its walled garden • Warrington’s first private botanic garden • Exhibition at the British Library

Walled Gardens in Cheshire • Association of Gardens Trusts AGM • Hulme Community Garden Centre — an inspiration for local groups • Quince day at Norton Priory Walled garden • Tatton Flower Show; this year and next

The Cheshire Gardens Trust official launch • Report on the visit to Tirley Garth • Report on the visit to Orchard Villa • Hulme Community Garden Centre

The Cheshire Gardens Trust official launch • Report on the Snowdrop walk at Rode Hall • Report on the trip to Mellor’s Garden • The Cadbury Factory — a Jellicoe design • Norton Priory

Key Dates 2003 • March 2003 CGT Steering Committee first meeting • July 2003 CGT at RHS Tatton Flower Show