Monthly Archives: February 2017

Come into the garden Maud…

Posted on 25/02/2017 by The Gardens Trust

I was looking for a lighthearted piece to counter some of my more recent serious ones, and shortly afterwards happened to be passing the house where Marie Lloyd, the music hall star, used to live. One of her set pieces was … Continue reading →

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Marion Cran

Posted on 18/02/2017 by The Gardens Trust

I often start these posts with a comments such as ‘here’s someone else you won’t have heard of”,  although there’s often a good reason for the subject’s lack of fame … but today’s subject is someone who really has been unjustly neglected. … Continue reading →

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The Hanging Gardens of Stoke Edith

Posted on 11/02/2017 by The Gardens Trust

The British galleries in the Victoria & Albert Museum hold many treasures but probably none more interesting to lovers and historians of gardens than two large early 18thc wall hangings from Stoke Edith in Herefordshire.  They show elaborate formal garden scenes in … Continue reading →

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Thomas Bewick’s Gardens and Gardeners

Posted on 04/02/2017 by The Gardens Trust

Thomas Bewick, who was born in rural Northumberland in 1753, was an author, illustrator and publisher and became  ‘the father of modern wood engraving’.   His work is almost always instantly recognisable and his History of British Birds is really the first field guide for naturalists. … Continue reading →

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