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Queen Caroline and the Landscape Garden

Zoom lecture by Michael Charlesworth.
6pm, 11th December 2024. Members £6.00, Others £8.00
Book via Eventbrite

Conventional ideas of the invention of the landscape garden in 1730s. . . more

Flowers from Giverny

PAMELA KAY Art Exhibition
Flowers from Giverny: A Lifetime’s Love of Gardens
PREVIEW WEEKEND 14 - 15 SEPTEMBER 2024 11 AM - 5 PM
Guests welcome. Refreshments served
A lifetime’s. . . more

KGT is seeking a new Treasurer

Our Treasurer, Evie Burton, is leaving us for pastures new so we are seeking a new treasurer. The position involves maintaining financial records and producing Management Accounts and a Treasurer's report. . . more

Read more about Capability Brown and his work in Kent here.

Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown

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Welcome to the Kent Gardens Trust website

The Kent Gardens Trust is a registered charity dedicated to the protection and conservation of historic parks and gardens throughout Kent.

We achieve these core objectives through various programmes dealing with conservation and research, education, publications and events.

To find out more about who we are please read about us. To find out more about our work and how you can take part please read what we do.

A selection of historic parks and gardens in Kent

We are fortunate in having a rich variety of historic parks and gardens in Kent, many of which are open for the public to enjoy. You can find links to some of these gardens on the map below, and you can find details of many more here.


Cobham Hall Hever Castle Penshurst Place knole Scotney Sissinghurst Castle Leeds Castle Godinton House Goodnestone Park

Run your mouse pointer over the white dots to see the garden names.

There are many more historic gardens in Kent. To find more click here .

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