PUBLIC PLACES


The Golden Rose Avenue a gift from the family to mark Winston and Clementine’s Golden Wedding


What came out of the plan was that it was possible we were over gardening parts of the site, and it brought about what we call ‘the spirit of place’ which means concentrating on the fundamentals that enriched the site in its heyday


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Summer ride-on mowing


grow on site many more of the plants he needs, and this further reduces risk of importing disease. Tim describes this as one of the best advances in recent times. Chartwell is Grade 2 listed and these wooden glasshouses had to be restored rather than replaced. They are very impressive.


There is a six-strong full time National


Trust team looking after the gardens and grounds, plus an apprentice. Tim is proud that Chartwell has the privilege of being chosen by the Trust to help future groundcare professionals working for the organisation because of the wide variety of work and conservation activities here. “It’s an important time for all of us at Chartwell in terms of making sure we continue the story of the Churchill home and all it meant,” he said.


A Conservation Management Plan for


Chartwell was commissioned by the National Trust in 2016 to establish an ongoing blueprint for all work on the house and its grounds. This involved scrutinising archives and talking to members of the Churchill family.


“What came out of the plan was that it was possible we were over gardening parts of the site, and it brought about what we call ‘the spirit of place’ which means concentrating on the fundamentals that enriched the site in its heyday,” said Tim. “Other sites, like say Cliveden, require a much more exact regime of clipping lawns and hedges and neat precise bedding to fit its particular spirit. Not so here at Chartwell where, for example, the grass in the orchard area, still featuring the fruit trees planted by Churchill himself, was being mowed more frequently and tightly than it had been in his day.”


Overlooking Churchill’s walled vegetable garden 114 PC December/January 2020


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