PAST EVENTS
2013
27th April - Hestercombe Gardens, Somerset
2012
22nd/23rd Sept - Sintra Portugal incorporating Monserrate, Qunita De Regaleira and Pena Palace
8th Sept - Garden Party at Stowe
4th August - Boughton Park, Northampton
1st July - AGM at Alvechurch
29th June - Windsor Great Park -The grotto and ruined dairy of Frogmore
26th May- North Devon Miscellany - various local follies including Tawstock Tower, Barnstaple Watchtower and Rosemoor Gazebo
22nd April - Burt's Bits -An exploration of George Burt’s architectural legacy around Swanage including the newly restored Durlston Castle, Wellington Tower, Town Hall façade, Ulwell Obelisk, and Purbeck House.
2011
6th March- AGM and visit to Haddonstone Show Garden
20th-21st March- Welsh Wander - Paxton's Tower, Cilwendeg Shell House, Foel Ortho.
6th May - Eridge and Chiddingstone castle, Kent
29th July - Cheshire visit to Eaton Hall and Tabley House Tower
20th August - Garden Party at Hope Valley, Shropshire plus Dolfor grotto and Leighton Hall Poultry House
24th September - Herefordshire ramble with vists to Westonbury Water Gardens, Hampton Court and Cadmore Lodge.
2010
24 April 2010 - West Country Wander- Prior Park Bath, Crew's Hole Bath house, Bristol and the work of Graham Caine at St Werburghs Bristol
1st -2nd May -Northumberland -including Codger's Fort and Rothley Castle.
13th June- AGM at Kensal Green Cemetery
10th - 11th July - North Lincolnshire Weekend -Brocklesby Park and Cleethorpes 'Fitties' estate
15th August - Annual FF Garden Party. Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, Bucks
11th Sept - The Cotswold Collection - Painswick Rococco Garden and Woodchester Manor
2009
19th May - Stanway and Sezincote in Gloucestershire
31st May- AGM at Rushton, Northants.
27th June -Ross-on-Wye follies, Ruardean tower and Dewstow gardens.
30th August - The Annual Folly Fellowship garden party at Wotton in Buckinghamshire
12th Sept - Forbidden Corner trip
2008
8th March -AGM at the Corn Exchange, Faringdon, preceded by a guided tour of Lord Berners' folly.
13th April - tour of Somerset Follies including Montacute, Avishays and Cricket St Thomas
15th June - Visit to Painshill Park, Cobham, Surrey
13th July -tour of Derbyshire follies including Elvaston, Swarkestone pavilion, Foremark caves and Calke abbey.
16th August - Annual Garden Party at Horton Menagerie, Northamptonshire
20/21st September - Beckford/Bath weekend - Included a tour of the Fonthill estate and the Lansdown tower
8th November- Hardwick Park, Sedgefield, Durham. A tour of this newly restored garden with its temples.
2007
31st March -a trip to the Shell House at Sherbourne
22nd July - Badminton estate, Gloucestershire , plus Colin's Barn, Tetbury
A grand estate with many castellated barns and a unique Hermit's cave, with the bonus of a modern folly
- a sheep house which grew and grew!
18th August - Annual garden party took place at Pelham Place, Newton Valence, Hampshire. An exciting new folly garden with work by Vernon Gibberd and Derek Bruce, including an underground canal grotto.
8th September - a tour of Mad Jack Fuller's follies at Brightling, Sussex
5th-7th October -Trip to multiple follies in the Edinburgh and Mid-Lothian region, including Dryden Tower, Treggles Tower, Hurely Grotto and Cammo Tower, amongst others.
20th October - A visit to the Forbidden Corner, Tupgill park, Yorkshire, accompanied by the architect Malcolm Tempest
4th November - Croome Park, including a guided walk with Mike Smith, National Trust manager, and Mike Cousins .
2006
12th March - AGM at Carshalton House, Carshalton, Surrey
Early-18th-century water tower, hermitage-cum-grotto. The water tower, set within the beautiful grounds of the house contains a pump chamber, orangery, saloon and unique sunken bath.
Saturday 18 March - Stourhead, Wiltshire. An opportunity to scale Alfred's Tower and promenade around the lake taking in the fantastic follies en route. Preceded by a talk about the conservation work, the day promises to be a feast for the intellect and the eye.
Saturday and Sunday 22-23 April - Tiptoe through the Tulips . Two days near the blooming bulb-fields in (north-west) Holland. First day: a castle-pumping-station, three estates with 18th and 19th Century park designs, and several isolated items on the way. Second day: great contemporary do-it-yourself follies (some by fellow members!).
1st July - The FF Annual Garden Party Wentworth Castle, South Yorkshire. A unique opportunity to visit the gardens during a major restoration programme.
3rd September - Elton Hall, Near Ludlow, Herefordshire, & Kyre Park, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire. The gardener, Anthony Brooks, showed us around the gardens and gave us a talk on the history of this contemporary folly garden. In the afternoon we visited Kyre Park gardens, where our own grotto designer, Vernon Gibberd, worked a few years ago.
1st October - Acton Round, Shropshire . Follies, Garden Buildings and medieval weapons of war - a tour of Hew Kennedy's estate north west of Bridgnorth. Visit one of England's true eccentrics in his own home, marvel at his architectural garden features and the largest trebuchet in the world then travel to his neighbour's estate to view a grotto in the process of construction, a Russian house in a wood and other oddities.
14-15 October - Isle of Wight . A tour of the follies of this island to celebrate the life of Ken Bright a very much loved member who died in 2005 and who came from Ryde.
2005
7 March - Hewell Grange Worcestershire. An operational prison.
16 April - Settrington and Scampston, near Malton. Settrington House with modern follies by the late Francis Johnson and Scampston Hall with its 'Capability' Brown Landscape and Palladian bridge.
25 June - Flounder's Folly, Shropshire.
9/10 July - Lancashire Weekend. The weekend included visits to Lancaster town centre, Castle and Priory, Williamson Park and Ashton memorial.
23 July - Widden Hill House garden follies near Horton, Chipping Sodbury.
13 August - Annual Garden Party at Barwick Park near Yeovil, Somerset.
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