Monthly Archives: January 2020

Dickens and his Garden

Posted on 25/01/2020 by The Gardens Trust

I don’t suppose many of us think of Charles Dickens as being a gardener. Novelist, Social reformer, commentator, even actor/performer  yes, but gardener, probably not. Yet Dickens was very interested in gardens and gardening and thought England itself was  ‘the … Continue reading →

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A Triple Portrait

Posted on 18/01/2020 by The Gardens Trust

I often get asked to lecture about gardens and landscapes in art, and although I like talking about pictures that people probably don’t know, I always like to include one that everybody thinks they know very well but actually probably … Continue reading →

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The Statue, the Square and the Slippery Baron

Posted on 11/01/2020 by The Gardens Trust

We think our public parks are suffering from neglect but even after years of austerity and poor maintenance they haven’t quite fallen into the same state of decay as the well-known public space being described here in a book named … Continue reading →

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Anne and Osbert’s Pleasure Garden

Posted on 04/01/2020 by The Gardens Trust

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We all have our favourite gardening books, whether for the quality of  the illustrations, -usually the first thing one  notices when flicking through – the quality of the writing – which takes more time to appreciate or … Continue reading →

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