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Article: Morpeth hears of Alnwick Garden development.
- Article from:
- Morpeth Herald (Morpeth, England)
- Article date:
- May 10, 2006
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ALMOST exactly ten years ago, a garden was first mooted by the new Duke of Northumberland.
The Duchess, a woman of great energy and a keen gardener, was looking for a project, and the Duke suggested she might take on the derelict garden. This proved to be a very expensive suggestion.
They had just inherited the land and the title, after the premature death of the 11th Duke, the present Duke's brother.
A meeting of the Morpeth Antiquarian Society heard Mr Ian August, who became Garden project Director in 1996, describe its development.
It is not the first garden on the site. The Percy family first acquired Alnwick in 1309, when the ...