I would be greatly excited to get any news on the information found with regards my great grandfather’s works.

You mention there is a chance of restoration to the botanical garden in Maputo, please keep me informed.

Thanking you

Thalia Thain
Great Grand-daughter of Thomas Honey

As you can see from my first posting back in 2006, I have unfortunately not been back to this specific site but things have moved on and just over a year ago two final year Architectural Students from Newcastle university linked up with two Architectural students from Maputo university to find carry out some research on what the people of Maputo thing and want from the botanical garden.

We now have quite a lot of information and a way forward now I need to start applying for some funding to get the restoration off the ground, but this will be easier now as we have some public consultation as well as several organisations in Maputo the UK and internationally who are behind the scheme.

If any one wants copies of the information/ repots to date please email me your address to patricknichol@hotmail.com and I will forward you a CD.

Unfortunately to date I have still not found any additional information about Thomas Honney or his original designs although the map in my report does show the existing formal layout of the gardens we don’t know if this was the original although I believe it would be.

I will be in Maputo in two weeks time and will try getting more on the history of the gardens from the parks department.

Regards

Patrick
Head of Landscape Architecture
Groundwork North East UK

any info you have / his great grand daughter … would be very helpful – so the gardens can be restored faithfully/ with reference to the original plan

see your correspondence dates from 2009 – hope you are still interested in Honney

two companies hav plans to rehabilitate it next year – one Vale – Brazil’s /worlds’ largest mining company and CFM who run the port and our railway. I’m keen to get some British input on the project. I searched a couple of years ago on Honney – but found next to nothing – gardens for the Sultan of Turkey and King of Greece mentioned in tourist literature here – but no more.

any info you have / his great grand daughter

ciao

Jane Flood

Unfortunately, I’ve not been able to get any more information about Thomas Honney.

If you would like to correspond about him and his works, please contact me at alan.fitzpatrick@nufocus.co.uk

Regards
Alan Fitz-Patrick

Did you ever find any facts about Thomas Honney, the garden designer.

I am his Great Grand daughter and I would be delighted to see or hear of any of his works.

I have heard of his garden in Maputo, I also heard that he laid out the park in Bulawayo Zimbabwe, but of that I am not certain.

I look forward to any news you may have.

Best wishes

Thalia Thain

If anyone is able to help me, I’d be most grateful.

Thanks