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A Young Man Among Roses

Posted on 12/06/2021 by The Gardens Trust

I’m sure that you’ll recognise this picture.   Its custodian, the V&A, says it “is perhaps the most famous of English miniatures. It epitomises the romantic Elizabethan age and is a masterpiece of miniature paintings by its greatest exponent, Nicholas Hilliard. … Continue reading →

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Pteridomania

Posted on 05/06/2021 by The Gardens Trust

My partner recently had a serious attack of Pteridomania!  As a consequence there’s hardly a corner of 0ur tiny back garden that doesn’t show signs of this terrible ailment. There is evidence of this not only out  in the open … Continue reading →

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Ann Rushout

Posted on 29/05/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Sometimes one stumbles across interesting people by pure chance. Today’s post is one such serendipitous discovery. I was looking for images for another post and found an interesting watercolour painting of a landscape by a woman I’d never heard of, … Continue reading →

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Cottage Gardens – Cabbages and Chocolate boxes

Posted on 22/05/2021 by The Gardens Trust

I wrote a couple of weeks back about the origin of the cottage garden,  and today I want to take the story forward and look at how by the middle of Queen Victoria’s  reign  rural cottages and their gardens had … Continue reading →

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Hever

Posted on 15/05/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Another recent escape from lockdown took me to Hever Castle in Kent, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn.  Obviously the castle itself was closed but I’d noticed a short piece  about Hever and its display of tulips  in Gardens Illustrated … Continue reading →

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