The online forum for the Walled Kitchen Gardens Network with all the latest news, events and musings.
A search for hot walls
Can you help Jane Carr with her research into hot walls? I am a second year student on the Diploma in Garden History course at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh (RBGE). My next assignment is a Specialist Essay and I have chosen the subject of Hot Walls in walled kitchen gardens.I have done some preliminary research to find out more about their construction and hope to visit some existing examples soon. I have the results about a survey of walled gardens in Oxfordshire but am trying to find out where examples can still be found. It would be very helpful if you could let me know if you have… Read more »
L’Art de l’espalier
Le patrimoine culturel immatériel universel des tailles fruitières de formation et de fructification First World days of the art of espalier -Premières journées mondiales de l’art de l’espalier March 1-2 and 21-22 September2025 During these days, each participant celebrates the art of espalier as he or she sees fit! To strengthen the art of espalier community, each participant is encouraged to take photos, make videos and send them to: amisdupotagerduroi@yahoo.fr so we can post them on this site! 1 Mars & 21-22 Septembre Lors de ces journées, chacun des participants célèbre l’art de l’espalier comme il l’entend ! Pour renforcer la communauté de l’art de l’espalier, chaque participant est encouragé à prendre… Read more »
News and jobs from around the Network
We know many gardens will have been impacted by the winter storms and this weekend, storm Éowyn. Clearing up and repairing damage will take time, and we send you all our best wishes. Parks and Gardens UK We were sad to hear the news that the Parks and Gardens UK archive will be itself, archived. Due to the cessation of funding, the archive will be retired at the end of January 2025 – read on: https://www.parksandgardens.org/news-events/roots-and-records-a-farewell-to-parks-and-gardens-uk We will stay in touch with the database of conservation management plans currently accessed through PGUK, and let you know how this will be made available going forwards. Salisbury Cathedral Close Preservation Trust The Trust are… Read more »
Walled Kitchen Gardens Network – New Year’s Eve 2024
Another wonderful year of restoration, discovery and growing! Thank you all again for your support over the last year, we hope you’ve had a lovely Christmas and will be looking forwards to the new year, with plans for your gardens and projects underway. It was a very sad start to the year saying farewell to Susan Campbell, but she would be glad to know work continues on and in walled gardens all over the British Isles. Although there will always be historic gardens to rescue, protect and hopefully become productive again, the appreciation of the enormous importance of these places is still increasing – a wonderful legacy to Susan and… Read more »
Historic Fruit and Kitchen Gardens
Newsletter No.9 The next webinar of the European Symposium for the Conservation of Historic Fruit and Kitchen Gardens is this coming week – Friday 29th November. If you would like to join (it’s free to attend) let us know and we can send you the link. The next newsletter is here to download – and read on for details about the World Days of the Art of Espalier, with an invitation to take part, coming up in January 2025
Historic Fruit and Kitchen Gardens
Newsletter number 8, October 2024 Gunnebo Kitchen Garden and orangery, Molndal, Sweden Learn about the conservation of European fruit and kitchen gardens and stay up to date about interesting events. • Join our new online conference on November 29, that will take you to the beautiful kitchen gardens of Gunnebo House in Sweden and Rosendal Manor in Norway. • Enjoy the presentations of the second in-person conference at Parc Broekhuizen • Uncover and discover hidden history at the WKGN Forum in North Devon, October 11-12, 2024. • Meet the Swedish Craft Laboratory. Our next newsletter will be a special on the world days of the art of espalier! Online conference… Read more »
Walled Kitchen Gardens Network – Forum 2024, Knightshayes
11th and 12th October, at Knightshayes near Tiverton in Devon Updates and initial Programme We are looking forwards hugely to welcoming you to the Forum, initial programme details are ready (see link below) with our main speakers, a list of locally recommended accommodation. You can also see these and further updates as they come available in Events and Training including the gardens we will be visiting. If you plan to arrive the day before the Forum, let us know so we can tell you where we will be meeting that evening (10th Oct.) Ashley Court – just one of the gardens we’ll be visiting during the Forum
New opportunity at Attingham Park
The National Trust are looking for a gardener to join the team at Attingham, with main duties to include working in the walled kitchen garden, looking after the veg from seed to harvest…. follow the link below for more details: https://careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_gl=1*1qd8jl1*_ga*MjEzODQ2NzMyOS4xNzE4OTgyODE3*_ga_S35LHB441D*MTcxODk4MjgxNi4xLjEuMTcxODk4Mjg2MS4xNS4wLjA.&_ga=2.175074786.1364159725.1718982861-1440957602.1718982861#/vacancy-detail/153498
Walled Kitchen Gardens Network – Forum 2024, Knightshayes
11th and 12th October, at Knightshayes near Tiverton in Devon Dear friends, we are delighted to announce the Forum this year will be held at the exceptional National Trust property at Knightshayes. We are enormously grateful to Will Woodman, head gardener, and his team at Knightshayes, for inviting us to hold the Forum at this historic property, with its woodland gardens and important plant collections, and the elegant, restored walled kitchen garden. There will be more information to follow, and we’ll send out details of speakers and gardens in the next few weeks. The turreted Kitchen Garden at Knightshayes was originally laid out by William Burges in the 1870s, the… Read more »
European Symposium for the conservation of historic fruit and kitchen gardens
Newsletter No 7 details of the next online talk on the 7th June (9-11am UK time) and further information on the Symposium live event in The Netherlands, 5th & 6th Sept. to book your place! Details for the WKGN Forum 2024 to follow, put the 11th and 12th October in your calendar to join us in North Devon