
机构背景与托管架构
Parks & Gardens UK(简称 PGUK)是英国权威的免费历史园林与公园在线档案库,由位于英格兰萨默塞特郡(Somerset)的 Hestercombe Gardens Trust 托管运营。PGUK 长期收录与英国历史园林、设计景观、人物传记和组织相关的可自由访问的学术资料,是研究英国造园史与景观保护的重要公共参考资源。
英国历史园林与公园在线档案
PGUK 在线档案目前收录近一万处(about 10,000)历史设计景观(designed landscapes)站点记录,以及超过 2,400 条与这些园林相关的人物与组织传记。档案内容覆盖英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士与北爱尔兰四个地区的国家登录遗产清单,并通过地图检索、按郡县浏览与文本检索三种方式向公众开放查询。
保护管理计划档案库 (CMP)
PGUK 同步托管着 Hestercombe Conservation Management Plans Archive(Hestercombe CMP 档案库),保存 1,700 余份英国历史园林保护管理计划(CMP)的元数据与访问入口。CMP 是英国历史园林保护领域的关键工具,用于记录园林历史、现状与未来管理策略;该档案库延续了英国 Garden History Society(GHS)及其后继 The Gardens Trust(TGT)所建立的研究脉络。
教学、合作伙伴与公众参与
PGUK 知识板块下设历史与当代人物档案(Historical & Contemporary Profiles)、Garden History 学校教育资源、Glossary 术语库与 Useful Links 实用链接,覆盖 Key Stage 1–4 教学需求,并通过 The RHS Campaign for School Gardening 等项目支持中小学园艺课程。PGUK 同时与 The Association of Gardens Trusts、The Garden History Society、The Garden Museum 共同组成 Working in Partnership(WiP)协作框架,年度共享展览、讲座与教育主题。
志愿者、研究与捐赠支持
PGUK 依赖志愿者与公众资助维持运营。研究志愿者可使用 Research Recording Form 提交园林历史研究成果;数据录入志愿者在 Hestercombe 总部协助将新研究、照片与档案资料录入 PGUK 数据库。公众可通过 easyfundraising 购物返利、单笔或定期捐赠支持 PGUK 持续扩展英国历史园林档案。
Institutional Background and Host Trust
Parks & Gardens UK (PGUK) is the leading free online resource for historic parks, gardens and designed landscapes in the United Kingdom. It is hosted by the Hestercombe Gardens Trust, based in Somerset, England, and provides accurate, freely accessible academic information on UK parks, gardens, designed landscapes and the people and organisations associated with their promotion, conservation and management.
Online Archive of UK Historic Parks and Gardens
The PGUK archive currently holds records of almost 10,000 historic designed landscape sites and over 2,400 biographies of associated people and organisations across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Users can search the archive by name, locality, period or feature and access results through an interactive map, county-level browsing or text-based search.
Conservation Management Plans Archive (CMP)
PGUK also curates the Hestercombe Archive of Conservation Management Plans (CMPs), which holds metadata and access links for over 1,700 CMPs covering UK historic parks and gardens. Conservation Management Plans are key tools in the UK heritage sector, capturing the history, current condition and future management strategy of each site. The CMP archive continues the research programme originally begun by the Garden History Society (GHS) and continued by its successor The Gardens Trust (TGT).
Education, Partnerships and Public Engagement
The PGUK Knowledge section includes Historical and Contemporary Profiles of landscape designers, owners and campaigners, a Garden History teaching resource tailored to Key Stage 1–4 curricula, a Glossary of landscape terms and a curated set of Useful Links. PGUK works in partnership with The Association of Gardens Trusts, The Garden History Society, The Garden Museum and related bodies through the Working in Partnership (WiP) initiative, contributing to shared exhibitions, lectures and educational themes each year.
Volunteers, Research and Public Support
PGUK is sustained by volunteers and public donations. Research volunteers use the PGUK Research Recording Form to submit site histories; data-entry volunteers based at Hestercombe maintain the database and upload new photographs. The public can support PGUK through one-off or regular donations or via the easyfundraising shopping giving programme, helping the archive remain freely available to future generations.








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