Chawton House: The Jane Austen Garden Trail
Channel: ChawtonHouse
Date: 2020-05-31

The Jane Austen Garden trail was launched at Chawton House in 2019 and is a unique walking route around the Chawton grounds, which allows visitors to follow in Jane’s footsteps. Each sign is located at an iconic spot around the gardens with a quotation from Austen’s writings.

The Jane Austen Garden trail was a campaign coordinated by NAFCH (North American Friends of Chawton House) in order to raise funds for Chawton House. Donors sponsored one of 20 possible garden spots and chose a Jane Austen quote to accompany them. We are immensely grateful for their support.

Join Clio on this tour of the sponsored plinths, which were prepared and placed around the grounds by Paul and Jeremy Knight, descendants of Edward Austen Knight.

Thank you for tuning in to Chawton House's Virtual Garden Festival. It is a celebration of gardens, nature and horticulture with a focus on the Chawton House gardens, and the women botanists in the Chawton House collection. 

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