A Community Garden Brings History to Life at Hughenden Manor
Scarecrows, heritage planting and willow tunnels. Gardening is never dull at Hughenden!
Hughenden Manor in Buckinghamshire, England, was home to former Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli. Today, school children tend to the plots in the kitchen garden and it’s become a vibrant learning experience for community groups too.
Hughenden Manor opened their walled vegetable garden to the public in 2005, following a huge restoration effort. They turned the overgrown shrubland into a lush kitchen garden and were keen to show it off.
Royalty and Politicians
When Benjamin Disraeli, the Victorian Prime Minister and novelist, lived there with his wife and servants, the walled garden provided all the fruit and vegetables for the house. Queen Victoria dined there with him in 1877 and he famously had the legs on one of the dining room chairs cut short so that her feet could touch the ground.
