Laskett_Gardens

The Laskett Gardens

The Laskett Gardens

Garden in Herefordshire, England

The Laskett Gardens, near Much Birch, Herefordshire, England, were created by Sir Roy Strong and Julia Trevelyan Oman.[1] The couple purchased and moved to the rural property in 1973 and, over the next thirty years, built the garden from scratch.[2]

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In 2015 Strong announced that he would bequeath the property to the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society (Perennial).[3] Perennial accepted the gift in 2021.[4]

Artworks

Commissioned paintings of The Laskett Gardens were completed by Jonathan Myles-Lea (1995), Richard Shirley Smith (2006) and Paul Brason (2009).[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Strong 2014, p. 11.
  2. [2]
    Strong 2003, p. 20 et seq.
  3. [3]
    "Sir Roy Strong bequeaths The Laskett Gardens to Perennial, safeguarding them for the next generation". Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. [4]
    Owen, Jane (14 October 2022). "How to inherit a garden: the complexities of horticultural legacy". Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  5. [5]
    Strong 2014, p. 18–19.

Sources

  • Strong, Roy (2003). The Laskett: The Story of a Garden. London: Bantam Press. ISBN 978-0-59305-070-5.
  • Strong, Roy (2014). Remaking a Garden: The Laskett Transformed. Frances Lincoln Limited. ISBN 978-0-71123-396-6.

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