Bushey Rose Garden

Coordinates: 51°38′39″N 0°21′38″W / 51.6441°N 0.3605°W / 51.6441; -0.3605
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Bushey Rose Garden after restoration.

Bushey Rose Garden is a rose garden in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England.

History

It was created in 1913 by the noted garden designer

H.H. Richardson.[2]

The garden was laid out next to Lululaund. Herkomer had previously used the site for an art school. The school continued in operation on another site under the direction of Lucy Kemp-Welch.[3]

Herkomer died in 1914. He was survived by his third wife, Margaret, Lady Herkomer.

The garden was transferred to municipal ownership in the 1930s after the death of Lady Herkomer. The house was also offered to the council, but was declined and only a remnant survives.

Description

The fountain in 2017, some seven years after its restoration

A focal point in the garden is a fountain made of

listed Grade II
in 1985.

Access and conservation

The Rose Garden is located on the High Street, Bushey, Herts, WD23 3HH. In 2002 it was listed grade II on the

Big Lottery Fund. The garden reopened in 2010, and the restoration, for which the lead consultants were LUC, was commended by the Landscape Institute.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Bushey Rose Garden". Parks and Leisure. Hertsmere Borough Council. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  2. ^ "H.H. Richardson". Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Rose Garden, Bushey". Historic England.
  4. ^ "Three lottery funded parks" (PDF) (Press release). Landscape Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.

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