Publications

Garden of England Kent - Evolution of Historic Gardens in Kent 

Kent has long been known as the Garden of England, a title still deserved today. The county has a long tradition of gardening with well over 100 gardens open to the public each year.  This attractive and informative book produced by Kent Gardens Trust jointly with Kent County Council provides a framework of the county's garden history from mediaeval times to the 20th century as well as illuminating the development of it's unusually wide range of gardens. The author, Elisabeth Hall, a graduate of Wye College, is a good writer and accurate historian who was widely respected for the quality of her work.   Price £7.50 (incl. Postage and packing) from Kent Gardens Trust.

A Presentation of Parks - A Survey of Amenity Parks and Gardens in Kent

Between 1992 and 1994 a team of dedicated KGT members recorded and researched the public amenity parks and gardens of Kent. The aim was to investigate the extent and diversity of the parks; to record their historic, aesthetic and social values to the county; to consider the uses and changes to which these sites had been subject during their time as public amenity space and to focus attention on the future of public parks and gardens in Kent. The result is this delightful book which gives a short history and the origins of public parks in the county but a short description of more than seventy.  Price: £3.50 (incl. Postage and packing) from Kent Gardens Trust.