Christine Brain joined the team at Barrington Court, near Ilminster, in Somerset, as an apprentice in 1978. A National Trust spokesman said Ms Brain had had a "monumental" impact on the gardens.

A beacon lights up the sky at Barrington Court in Somerset - one of more than 1,000 lit across the UK The Prince of Wales led the nation's tributes to all those who have lost their lives in ...

The kitchen garden at Barrington Court has been gardened since its creation ... Certainly where we are in Somerset we can grow far more of what we would traditionally class as greenhouse crops ...