Gardeners

Rupert Stacey worked for the Goff family before they transferred The Courts to the National Trust in 1944.
Andrew Humphris moved on to become Head Gardner at Parham House where he has enjoined battle with bindweed.
Troy Smith is Head Gardener at Sissinghurst Castle.
Catrina Saunders went on to Overbecks in south Devon and Trengwainton and Godolphin in Cornwall.
Paul Alexander was previously at Stourhead before settling at The Courts.

The long gap between Mr Stacey's stewardship and Andrew Humphris and his successors coming to The Courts can be explained thus: although The Goffs gave the property to the National Trust in 1944, their daughter, Moyra, continued to live there and organise the gardening, including developing the arboretum, until her death in 1990.

I visit National Trust gardens because my own tiny patch is overgrown and neglected. I hate gardening.