Monthly Archives: December 2021

Happy Christmas!

Posted on 25/12/2021 by The Gardens Trust

This is the first time in the 8 years I’ve been writing the blog that Christmas has fallen on a Saturday, but I didn’t want to break my unbroken record of posting every week! So I thought I’d just say… … Continue reading →

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Mr. Saul of Lancaster

Posted on 18/12/2021 by The Gardens Trust

One of things that I’ve always found fascinating about the history of gardens is the inventiveness of gardeners, and I don’t think there’s a period in horticultural history quite as inventive as the early 19thc. That doesn’t mean that their … Continue reading →

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Reimagining Kirby

Posted on 11/12/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Gardens are ephemeral creations and surely impossible to recreate once they’ve gone. That hasn’t stopped a lot of people trying. This is a trend that’s first noticeable in the early 19thc when it tended to be a romanticised view of … Continue reading →

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More Monkey Puzzling

Posted on 04/12/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Last week I looked at the discovery of the Monkey Puzzle tree by Europeans and at the very first specimens introduced to Britain by Archibald Menzies, and today I’m going to look at how it was introduced to British gardens … Continue reading →