| Description | The papers record the development and progress of the Gardens department, and garden work in other areas. The papers, include correspondence, and relate to:
horticultural matters; buildings; personnel; garden designers, H Avray Tipping, Beatrix Farrand and Percy Cane; horticultural student training; the Friends of Dartington Hall Gardens; Gardens Committee Meetings; Horticultural Training Centre and financial assistance; Symon's Tree Nursery; Gardens Staff Committee meetings; September Weekend Gardening Courses; reports and accounts; King Edward VI School; greenhouses; Son et Lumiere (50th Anniversary); Reg Snell publication, 'From the Bare Stem'.
Correspondents include: Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst; P W Woods, head gardener; R S Lynch, Gardens Superintendent; J Johnson, head gardener; Terry Underhill, Gardens Superintendent; Francis Huntington; Ruth Ash; Maurice Ash; estate staff; architect, Robert Hening; Dartington Amenity Research Trust. |