Anne Rowe is a freelance landscape historian who has coordinated research for the Hertfordshire Gardens Trust since 1998 and lectures in landscape history. Publications include books about Hertfordshire’s Garden History, Medieval Parks of Hertfordshire, chapters for the Historical Atlas of Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire: A landscape history – co-authored with Tom Williamson. She is currently working on a book about Hertfordshire’s parks in the 16th and 17th centuries.