Monthly Archives: October 2016

Peas, perfect peas

Posted on 29/10/2016 by The Gardens Trust

Move over Capability Brown, you have to share your year of fame with peas!  It has probably slipped your notice (as I confess it did mine) but the United Nations has declared 2016 to be the ‘International Year of Pulses’ (IYP) , … Continue reading →

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Bodiam Castle

Posted on 22/10/2016 by The Gardens Trust

  Bodiam in Sussex has been described as the most written about and photographed  castle in the whole of Britain. This is not just because it’s a wonderfully photogenic site with opportunities to show off even an amateur’s camera skills. Bodiam doesn’t … Continue reading →

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It was hard not to smile when, whilst researching for a lecture on Chinoiserie in the garden, I flicked through the pattern books published by William Halfpenny,  a virtually unknown 18thc architect.   Very little of his work appears to have survived, although what … Continue reading →

Posted on 15/10/2016 by The Gardens Trust | Leave a comment

Carters Tested Seeds.

Posted on 08/10/2016 by The Gardens Trust

In a recent post we saw Carters establish themselves as the premier seed company in Britain and then one of the leading seed brands globally. This prominence continued throughout the first half of the 20thc, but then things started to go … Continue reading →

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Robert Gauen & his ingenious horticultural inventions No.2

Posted on 01/10/2016 by The Gardens Trust

Earlier this year ago I shared the secrets of a machine for putting the bloom back onto cucumber, grapes and other fruits. It was one of the products of the fertile imagination of Robert Gauen, an early 19th Southampton nurseryman. … Continue reading →

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