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RECENT NEWS NATIONAL GARDENS SCHEME HONOURS KNEBWORTH HOUSE   A cedar of Lebanon tree has been planted at Knebworth House near Stevenage, Hertfordshire, to mark 70 years of charitable work by the Lytton Cobbold family on behalf of the National Garden Scheme.  The Hon Henry Lytton Cobbold, whose family has lived at Knebworth for more than 500 years, received and planted the tree with NGS representatives Mrs Edwina Roberts and Mrs Julie Wise.  “We are pleased to continue our family’s participation in such a worthwhile scheme,” he said. “The new tree will provide enjoyment both for us and visitors to Knebworth for generations to come.” The scheme was founded in 1927 to raise money for the Queen’s Institute of District Nursing by opening 600 gardens to the public on one day each year. Today, the NGS donates to a range of nursing, caring and gardening charities and has given more than £15 million over the past 10 years. The principal beneficiary is Macmillan Cancer Relief. PREVIOUS NEWS PTERANODON TAKES FLIGHT AT KNEBWORTH PARK DINO TRAIL New at Knebworth Park, is the exciting installation of the Pteranodon within the popular Dinosaur Trail in the Wilderness Garden. The 21-foot wingspan creature hovers in flight over the other 71 life-size dinosaurs in the display. Giant Mammoths spotted in Knebworth Park! In Autumn 2003 two giant woolly mammoths were spotted in Knebworth Park hitching a ride on the back of a truck - the blonde in the sports car only had room for one of them! Knebworth's New Gleaming Crowns! One of two new copper domes unveiled in March 2003 on Knebworth House, replacing ones damaged in storms a year earlier. On the 14th of March 2003, a helicopter carrying Her Majesty the Queen lands in Knebworth Park for an afternoon visit to Stevenage: On the 3rd of June 2002, local residents light a beacon to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee: "From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain, From north to south the sign returns And beacons burn again. Look left, look right, the hills are bright, The dales are light between, Because 'tis fifty years to-night That God has saved the Queen." A.E. Housman Sandford Award March 22nd 2002 Award of excellence presented to Knebworth House for its Tudor Treasure Trails.