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    Future Legacy

    Mar 25, 2020 5 minutes

    In 1895, social reformer Octavia Hill, lawyer Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley founded the National Trust. The idea for the charity grew out of the movement to save the commons of London, such as Hampstead Heath, from development so that city dwellers had fresh air and open spaces to enjoy.

    Today the Trust looks after 250,000 hectares of countryside, 780 miles of coastline, more than 300 historic buildings and over 250 gardens – the greatest number of historic gardens and plant collections under single ownership in Europe, if not the world. These gardens encompass more than 500 years of garden design with an unparalleled diversity. They include the Capability Brown landscape of Stowe, the exotic plant paradise of Mount Stewart, Gertrude Jekyll’s windswept garden at Lindisfarne Castle and the grandeur of Cliveden. However, custodianship of gardens that are steeped in history, home to rare specimens and, by their nature, ever-evolving, brings

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