Rosemary Verey - Great 20th Century Gardener

This talk is the third in our series which will highlight some of the great names in twentieth century gardening: Percy Thrower, John Brookes, Rosemary Verey, Percy Cane and Beth Chatto. Their achievements will be brought to life in fascinating detail by some of our very best garden historians and presenters.

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Sept 15th: Rosemary Verey by Margie Hoffnung

Rosemary Verey was an internationally known English garden designer, lecturer and prolific garden writer who designed the famous garden at Barnsley House, near Cirencester. She helped plant and develop the gardens of Woodside, Elton John's estate in Berkshire, as well as Charles, Prince of Wales's Highgrove House in Gloucestershire, and gardens for Princess Michael of Kent, and the Marquess of Bute . She also worked extensively in the States for many private clients. She was well known for taking imposing elements from large public gardens and bringing them into scale for the home gardeners use. For example Her famous laburnum walk at Barnsley House , was inspired by the one at Bodnant. Verey is also noted for making vegetable (ornamental potager) gardens fashionable once again.

Margie Hoffnung has a horticulture degree from Writtle College. She has worked at Westonbirt Arboretum and at Highgove, and with Rosemary Verey and Lady Mary Keen. She completed an MSc in the Conservation of Historic Gardens and Cultural Landscapes at Bath, with a thesis on the contribution and legacy of Rosemary Verey. She is now the Conservation Officer and Historic Landscape Project Support Officer for the Gardens Trust.