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The Annunciation and its Gardens

Posted on 25/03/2023 by The Gardens Trust

Today, March 25th, is the feast of the Annunciation which, according to the Gospel of St Luke, marks the visit of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, during which he tells her she has been chosen to  be the … Continue reading →

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Floriculture of the Toilet

Posted on 18/03/2023 by The Gardens Trust

What an extraordinary title for a blog post!  I hope it didn’t make you think  of plants that you might want to grow in the smallest room although I confess that was my first thought when I saw the title … Continue reading →

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Heavens above! There’s a nun in the garden

Posted on 11/03/2023 by The Gardens Trust

I’m sure lots of you are as familiar with this painting  by Charles Collins as I am. It’s one of those well known, if slightly unusual, pictures  that you wonder why anyone painted it.  What I hadn’t realised until I … Continue reading →

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Paul Sandby and his “Real Views from Nature”

Posted on 04/03/2023 by The Gardens Trust

Every so often an artist comes along who manages to change the way people think about or record the world, and in the process help launch a new kind of art. It happened in the mid-18thc in Britain when a … Continue reading →

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More Turf Mazes

Posted on 25/02/2023 by The Gardens Trust

At the end of last year I wrote about the earliest turf mazes in Britain  but I ran out of space to do justice to the subject, so here’s your chance to find out about the largest turf maze in … Continue reading →

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