PUBLIC PLACES


The Emperor Fountain and House from the Canal Pond


on at Chatsworth. He has two colleagues who manage the areas of the garden we are to see and he and they report to Steve Porter, Head of Gardens and Landscapes. Mick’s role is to manage the volunteer programme, trainees and the plant collection and to help develop the team’s skills and knowledge. This team alone comprises around twenty-five gardeners, seventy-five volunteers and a range of trainees. Our first stop was to photograph the large


Vinery, then we turned and photographed The Case. Both are Victorian and designed by Joseph Paxton, Chatsworth’s most renowned Head Gardener. The Case is a splendid construction with a heated back wall where peaches, apricots, greengages,


nectarines and more are grown. We then went to the newer display greenhouse, erected in 1970. The unusual construction with exterior stanchions is designed to provide maximum interior space and light. The building is split into three separate zones: Temperate, Mediterranean and Tropical. It was here that we met Ian Bell, Greenhouse Gardener, whose responsibilities are maintenance of public areas in the greenhouses and new vinery where exhibition grapes are grown. Ian, who has been at Chatsworth for 19 years, has taken advantage of the Covid-19 restrictions (the greenhouses are not open to the public as social distancing cannot be maintained) and has carried out major work on some of


We have always been


very aware of what the estate means to people, the impact it has on communities, and the


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responsibility we have, as custodians, to care for it


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