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Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Winchester 2016
Queen Eleanor’s Garden
11 Comments CherryPie on Nov 3rd 2016
Filed under Gardens, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
Queen Eleanor’s Garden
Just outside the south door of Winchester’s Great Hall is the reconstructed ‘Queen Eleanor’s Garden’.
It is a re-creation of a late thirteenth century ornamental herber, designed by Dr Sylvia Landsberg and Dr John Harvey, and opened by Her Majesty the Queen Mother on 8 July 1986 as part of the Domesday 900 celebrations.
The garden is [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 3rd 2014