Edward, a wealthy Victorian landowner, invites you on to his estate to share how he has developed his garden using the natural features of the High Weald such as the gill streams and their microclimate, sandrock, clay soils and hammer ponds - some of the essential components that have helped build the area's great gardens. Discover how he, like many other Victorians, influenced the landscape as well as his thoughts on The Great Exhibition, steam trains and women on bicycles...
Curriculum link for primary schools: Local History Study 7, British History 8, Victorians 11a.
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