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In 2025, Royal Oak's Damaris Horan Fellowship in Landscape Design was awarded to Allyson Gibson who was based at Trelissick in Cornwall.

Sheila will replace Andy Jasper who left the Trust in September to take up a new role as Group Chief Executive Officer at the Eden Project.

The seminal garden was the hub of Gertrude Jekyll’s planting experiments which had a huge influence on garden design in Britain and beyond and the Arts and Crafts house showcases her collaboration with architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens

Enjoy the delightful scent and rich color from the crowds of roses at many of the finest National Trust gardens across the South East this summer. From the big, bold displays loved by Lady Brunner at Greys Court in Oxfordshire to the exquisite Italianate rose garden at Emmetts Garden in Kent. These flowers of love and passion are all around at these special places.

Here are some of our favorite gardens to visit in Wales

Here are some of our favorite gardens to visit in England

NT Head Gardner, Alan Power visits Sissinghurst in Kent, previously home to poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West and her husband, diplomat Harold Nicolson. Working from ruins, the couple’s personalities collided and combined to create this dramatic, world-renowned garden.

In this episode of the National Trust Podcast we’re at Cliveden, Berkshire. Set high above the Thames, the grounds of Cliveden House are home to a world famous parterre, Japanese Garden and topiary-lined long walk. Around every corner you’ll find stories of mystery, decadence and the fame and misfortune of Britain’s political elite.

In this episode we visit Sheringham in North Norfolk with National Trust Head Gardener Alan Power

Join us on a journey through this tropical Cornish paradise – where lush rolling valleys meet the sea, and exotic plants grow alongside native wildflowers. We get to know the Fox family, who laid down the plans for the garden back in the 1820s, and still live in the house today.