The Laskett Gardens Explained

The Laskett Gardens
Type:	Garden
Coordinates:	51.9601°N -2.7036°W
Location:	Near Much Birch and Llanwarne
Nearest City:	Hereford
Beginning Label:	Begun
Beginning Date:	1974
Owner:	Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society (Perennial)

The Laskett Gardens, near Much Birch, Herefordshire, England, were created by Sir Roy Strong and Julia Trevelyan Oman. The couple purchased and moved to the rural property in 1973 and, over the next thirty years, built the garden from scratch.

In 2015 Strong announced that he would bequeath the property to the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society (Perennial).^[1] Perennial accepted the gift in 2021.^[2]

Artworks

Commissioned paintings of The Laskett Gardens were completed by Jonathan Myles-Lea (1995), Richard Shirley Smith (2006) and Paul Brason (2009).

Sources

• Book: Strong, Roy . The Laskett: The Story of a Garden . 2003 . Bantam Press . London . 978-0-59305-070-5 .
• Book: Strong, Roy . Remaking a Garden: The Laskett Transformed . 2014 . Frances Lincoln Limited . 978-0-71123-396-6 .

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sir Roy Strong bequeaths The Laskett Gardens to Perennial, safeguarding them for the next generation . 16 October 2016 . 15 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170215234005/http://perennial.org.uk/sir-roy-strong-bequeaths-the-laskett-gardens-to-perennial-safeguarding-them-for-the-next-generation/ . dead .
2. Web site: How to inherit a garden: the complexities of horticultural legacy . Jane . Owen . 14 October 2022 . 25 March 2024 . 23 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221023161919/https://www.ft.com/content/f7783db0-29dd-4502-850c-20ee317ad428.