Monthly Archives: January 2021

King Herod the Gardener

Posted on 30/01/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Sometimes you read something in the newspaper and have to do a double take or ask yourself if you’ve lost track of time and it’s really April Fool’s Day. Today’s post  was about one such occasion. It was a fortnight … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

More on Lyveden

Posted on 23/01/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Last week’s post looked at the background to the building of Lyveden New Bield by Sir Thomas Tresham in the very last few years of Elizabeth I’s reign.  We began a tour of the garden and ended having reached the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Lyveden

Posted on 16/01/2021 by The Gardens Trust

We all know that houses and gardens are the product of their creators, sometimes almost inextricably so. But we also know that houses get altered, rebuilt or even demolished from time to time while gardens are even more ephemeral and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Hanging Gardens of Nineveh?

Posted on 09/01/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Last week’s post looked at the evidence for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and ended with archaeologists excavating Babylon in the late 19th/early 20thc  unable to find any real sign of them. Today’s is going to continue the story and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | 2 Comments

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Posted on 02/01/2021 by The Gardens Trust

HAPPY NEW YEAR! History is always changing.  The kind of history I did at school, kings and queens, great battles and the stories of great men [and occasionally women] has given way to a much more broadly based picture of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 2 Comments