Monthly Archives: December 2019

2019 on the blog

Posted on 28/12/2019 by The Gardens Trust

I’m amazed to think that the blog has now been running for 6 years, and like all 6 year olds it’s still growing. This year there have been about 55,000 hits, made by about 26,000 visitors. I’m also amazed … Continue reading →

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Christmas with the Vicar and some Naked Ladies

Posted on 21/12/2019 by The Gardens Trust

Scratching my head for something suitably seasonal, and having previously looked at poinsettia and mistletoe but reluctant to do the obvious like Christmas Trees, holly or ivy, it occurred to me that very little has been written about Naked Ladies…. … Continue reading →

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Goldring and Public Parks

Posted on 14/12/2019 by The Gardens Trust

A couple of weeks ago I began looking at the work of William Goldring, the prolific landscape and garden designer who died one hundred years ago this year. In England, he is supposedly associated with work on more than 700 … Continue reading →

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The adventures of Maria Graham

Posted on 07/12/2019 by The Gardens Trust

As most people know the role of women in garden history – ok all history – has been under-recorded and severely underrated. But things are changing. In particular women’s place in the study and collection of plants in the late … Continue reading →