Houses of the National Trust: Outstanding Buildings of Britain by Lydia Greeves |
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History and Landscape: The Guide to National Trust Properties in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by Lydia Greeves |
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The gardens of the National Trust contain the widest range of cultivated plants ever assembled under single ownership in England. When, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Trust began to accept gardens in their own right, it had already acquired several of importance with such historic houses as Blickling, Cliveden, Killerton, Powis and Stourhead. The Trust is now steward of 18th-century landscape gardens, such as Stowe and Studley Royal, and of 19th-century gardens like Biddulph Grange, with their wealth of new plants introduced from the new world. This guide also acts as a reference book.
The gardens of the National Trust contain the widest range of cultivated plants ever assembled under single ownership in England. When, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Trust began to accept gardens in their own right, it had already acquired several of importance with such historic houses as Blickling, Cliveden, Killerton, Powis and Stourhead. The Trust is now steward of 18th-century landscape gardens, such as Stowe and Studley Royal, and of 19th-century gardens like Biddulph Grange, with their wealth of new plants introduced from the new world. This guide also acts as a reference book.
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