IN PURSUIT OF THE PICTURESQUE
The Trust's major publication In Pursuit of the Picturesque - William Gilpin's Surrey Excursion by Joan Percy has been very well received. The Revd William Gilpin (1724-1804) spent some time as headmaster of Cheam School in Surrey and this book is based on a previously unpublished manuscript in which he described a round tour from Cheam to Dorking and back.

Among appreciative reviews was this completely unsolicited email which read: "I want to record my pleasure upon receiving my two copies of Gilpin on Saturday. The post arrived whilst I was still abed and I did not get up until I had read it! It is a superbly produced volume, full of interesting sidelights, commentary and observation. The index and references are splendid and the layout, typeface, paper and production are as good as I have seen. I especially appreciated the copious illustrations, and in particular the quality of the colour prints. Its production is a tribute to the Trust, the authoress and others who contributed to it. The scholarly, yet simply presented, exposition made it a joy to read and it will remain, I am sure, in a class of its own."

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NATURE AND TRADITION
The Trust has also been associated with Nature and Tradition - Arts and Crafts Architecture and Gardens in and around Guildford. Local societies, Guildford Borough Council and Surrey County Council have collaborated to put together a well illustrated survey of the Arts and Crafts houses and gardens in and around Guildford plus information on others to visit beyond Guildford and Surrey.

It is hoped that residents, newcomers and visitors to present-day Guildford will enjoy finding out about the wealth of Arts and Crafts buildings and gardens that exist in the area through the work of such notable architects and designers as Edwin Lutyens, C F A Voysey, M H Baillie Scott, Gertrude Jekyll and others.

Nature and Tradition was published by The Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey. The new and enlarged edition costs £5.95 plus £1.05 postage and packing. ISBN 0 9537615 1 7. 75 pages, 18 colour and 61 black and white illustrations.

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BROOME PARK, BETCHWORTH
Three hundred years ago, in May 1705, Christopher Kilby was born in Boston, America. He settled in London from 1740 and then in 1763 retired from his mercantile interests to Betchworth where he created the landscaped grounds of Tranquil Dale, later called Broome Park. This publication relates the story of the house and its owners and especially traces the history of the park and gardens from their eighteenth century creation to the present day. It is copiously illustrated with maps, engravings and photographs.

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A CELEBRATION OF JOHN EVELYN: PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE TO MARK THE TERCENTENARY OF HIS DEATH, edited by MAVIS BATEY
In April 2006 the Surrey Gardens Trust, in association with the Garden History Society, hosted a conference at Wotton House to celebrate the tercentenary of the death of John Evelyn (1620-1706). In this book we publish the papers presented at the conference by eminent Evelyn scholars.

Gillian Darley sets Evelyn in context; Sally Jeffery writes of his travels in France and Italy and the influence they had on his future ideas; Frances Harris shows that Wotton fostered his passion for trees and the Surrey landscape but casts doubt on Evelyn's involvement in the design of the garden; Douglas Chambers tells of his interest in the contemporary concept of Nature; Maggie Campbell-Culver discusses Evelyn's best known publication, Sylva; Mark Laird considers how man can control the environment with a greenhouse and his vulnerability in the light of the Great Storm of 1703; Peter Brandon tells how Evelyn's grandson and heir created much of Surrey's wooded landscape; and Mavis Batey's masterly summing-up evaluates his influence at the start of the English Landscape Gardening movement. The book is copiously illustrated with contemporary drawings, engravings and paintings, including tree portraits from the later editions of Sylva.

A Celebration of John Evelyn, edited by Mavis Batey, is published by the Surrey Gardens Trust and costs £15 plus postage and packing (see order form). It has 206 pages, 160 illustrations, many of them in colour. ISBN 978-0-9540630-2-3.

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