Chris Brasher lived at Petersham and set up the Petersham Trust in 1999 to preserve Petersham Meadows. For a time the riverside grass was grazed by cows – the nearest herd to London.
The Meadows have now been placed in the care of the National Trust which continues to pay the peppercorn rent of a posey of wild flowers to Richmond Council.
This seems appropriate as the Trust already looks after nearby Ham House.
See page 60.