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Ref NoDWE/GN/5/B
TitlePlant lists including for areas of the Hall Gardens; visits to other gardens
DescriptionThe folder contains Dorothy Elmhirst's lists of plants and nurserymen, including for specific areas of the Hall Gardens; historical notes about the Gardens and the designers involved, including a note re Beatrix Farrand designing the children's lower summer house. There are also notes about other gardens visited including Kew Gardens; Regents Park, Queen Mary's garden; Sissinghurst; Cornish gardens; Westonbirt; Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley; Woodchester; Oxford, Christ Church Gardens; a garden at Tower Hill, Ascot and Cambridge Botanic Garden. Notes of planting suggestions by Will Arnold-Foster, Constance Spry and Beatrix Farrand are also in this folder.
Date1940s
Related MaterialCopies of design and layout plans for Hall area and across estate, including Modernist buildings, NP10
FormatManuscript
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