{"id":111664,"date":"2019-10-17T21:06:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T14:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lady-anne-berry-obituary\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T21:12:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T14:12:50","slug":"lady-anne-berry-obituary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lady-anne-berry-obituary\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Anne Berry obituary"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRenowned horticulturist who created the spectacular Rosemoor garden in Devon and nurtured the grounds of the Hackfalls Arboretum in New ZealandiIn the world of horticulture, only a few people have managed to create a garden of world renown. Lady Anne Berry, however, played an active part in making two. In the UK she is known as the founder of Rosemoor, the Royal Horticultural Society\u2019s garden in Devon, and in New Zealand is admired for her role in nurturing the beautiful grounds of Hackfalls Arboretum on North Island.Berry, who has died aged 99, donated her house at Rosemoor, plus its eight-acre garden and a further 32 acres of pasture, to the RHS in 1988, having established a collection of rare and unusual trees, many of which were grown from seed she had collected herself. Two years later, after marrying the dendrologist Bob Berry, she resettled on his family\u2019s ranch, Hackfalls Station in New Zealand, and set about expanding and improving upon its Homestead Garden, planting hundreds of rare specimens and native plants. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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