Monthly Archives: September 2017

Coleton Fishacre: The Garden by the Sea

Posted on 30/09/2017 by The Gardens Trust

Imagine sailing gently along the coast of Britain and spotting a nice little steep-sided valley running down to the sea…no buildings in sight, just a few sheep and wizened wind-battered trees… deciding that would make a good place for a house… … Continue reading →

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An unlikely Michaelanglo: John Buonarotti Papworth

Posted on 23/09/2017 by The Gardens Trust

The wonderfully named John Buonarrotti Papworth, was an architect , interior and garden designer and a near contemporary of John Claudius Loudon, Humphry Repton and Frederick Crace.  You may not have heard of him, or if you had, maybe like … Continue reading →

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John Weeks: Horticultural Architect

Posted on 16/09/2017 by The Gardens Trust

I’m always amazed by the way that some now fashionable upmarket residential areas have a different, more working class past  often with horticultural connections. Belgravia, for example, is built on the site of the Neat Houses, once London’s largest concentration … Continue reading →

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Cardiff Castle

Posted on 09/09/2017 by The Gardens Trust

I hardly ever watch television but my eye was caught recently by a programme on John Patrick Creighton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, who was one of the wealthiest men of his day, but one with a social conscience and a … Continue reading →

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Vertumnus and Pomona

Posted on 02/09/2017 by The Gardens Trust

It’s a sign of how seriously classical imagery and culture underlines western civilization that many of the characters  associated with gardens and gardening are derived directly from it.  A few like Flora and Ceres, who were major deities, are  widely  … Continue reading →

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