Henry Trevor
1819 - 1897
The creator of the garden
Nick Belfield-Smith
Chairman
Marjorie Wilson
Gardener
2008
Tuesday morning volunteers
July 2008
Note the poly-tunnel, replaced with greenhouse in 2009
John and Doug, two of our non-gardening volunteers
Kitty has been gardening here since the beginning of the restoration
October 2007
Bruce, Sheila and Marjorie
2004
members of the Sunday tea team
Volunteers Dee, Janet and Jill
May 2006
Volunteer John
April 2008
Volunteer Barry
- 2010
Volunteer Jonathan
October 2010
Colin and Elizabeth Bickerton with their daughter, Erica
appeared as Mr and Mrs Henry Trevor with their 'garden boy' at the Open Day on 19th June 1994
(Elizabeth Bickerton was the Chair of the PGPT from 1993 - 2000)
Volunteer Graham
May 2010
Eliza Gray, sister of Mary Trevor, nee Gray
1830s
Joseph Gray, 1787-1862, father in law of Henry Trevor
1833
Mary, Eliza and Sarah Grey, daughters of Joseph Grey
1830s
Kathleen Barnard 1910 - 2011
Great granddaughter of Henry Trevor
Kathleen Barnard (nee Trevor) died peacefully in February at the age of 100. Many members will remember her from her various visits to the Plantation Garden from her home in Cheshire. Kathleen may well have inherited her longevity gene from her great-grandmother Mary Trevor, wife of our founder Henry Trevor.
Kathleen was the daughter of one of Henry's two grandsons, to whom he left the residue of his estate when he died in 1897.
Not only did Kathleen supply our only photo of Henry Trevor, but indeed most of our information about the family history of the Trevors comes from her. She painted a vivid picture of Henry's disapproval of the marriage of his and Mary's only daughter, Eliza, to her first cousin, to depart for Australia and America. But, as happens so often, the daughter's determination overcame the objections of her father and John returned and married Eliza. Nowadays there are historians who find John of greater interest than Henry because, after several shaky starts, John found his vocation as a Unitarian preacher in Manchester and became the 'first Labour minister', sharing a platform with Bernard Shaw and Kier Hardie.
Kathleen knew that her great-grandfather had lived in Norwich, so was able to make the connection when she suddenly saw an article in a Sunday supplement in the 1980s describing the discovery and restoration of a Victorian garden in Norwich. She immediately made contact and was generous with her information and support for many years. She gave a bench to the garden, in part because she felt that she wanted the name of Henry Trevor to appear in his garden: later she said that she regretted not mentioning Mary in the inscription. Words by Sheila Adam
Photo taken 1994
Eliza Trevor 1844 - 1894
Henry's daughter
1988-89
John Trevor 1787-1864
Henry Trevor's father
Elizabeth (nee Trevor) Gardiner,
sister of Henry Trevor
Stanley Scott Trevor
grandson of Henry Trevor
1898
John Joseph Gray Page
Trevor Page workmen
John Joseph Gray Page, wearing hat, in centre
John Joseph Gray Page and Emily Ellen
in the garden of 'The Elms'
c 1910-1920
John Trevor
Hugh & Stanley Trevor
Group of Baptist ladies organising fête in PG in 1920s
Lady in white and black hat in centre of 2nd row is
minister's wife.
Young man in front row in pale trousers almost in front of her became
minister later.
Copy of photo produced (by child of one of colleagues at fête) at talk in
May/June 2006
John Joseph Gray Page (left)
Poster for flower service. Sermon by Rev. J Mellor Evans
1886
Gardener with ceramic
fountain
1940/1950
Cathedral in background
The gardener's cottage
Photo courtesy of The Eastern Daily Press Newspaper
Photo courtesy of The Eastern Daily Press Newspaper
1989
1989
Limewashing the terracotta
Chris Watson about to start on the lime washing
1992
Discovering drains. Volunteers Polly,
Polly and John.
No flower beds, just lawn
September 2007
2007
2007
Richard Horne building the shelter