Tag Archives: 18thc

100,000 trees might fetch £100,000 and a few medals

Posted on 16/10/2021 by The Gardens Trust

We often talk of the English landscape garden with the emphasis on garden but the wider landscape was equally important in design terms and far more significant in economic terms. Landowners planted trees to ornament their estates for aesthetic as … Continue reading →

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Chambord and its new 18thc garden

Posted on 09/10/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Chambord is one of the greatest chateaux in France with 426 rooms, 83 staircases, and 282 fireplaces – but apart from a few years in the 18thc – no real garden. It was built as a hunting lodge in the early … Continue reading →

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Electroculture

Posted on 04/09/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Did you know that the British Government spent the twenty years between the First and Second World Wars investigating the possibilities of electrifying plants? And did so in almost complete secrecy. It means that last week’s perpetually electrified garden wasn’t … Continue reading →

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The Electric Garden

Posted on 28/08/2021 by The Gardens Trust

I’ve written about many weird and wonderful inventions on here but I think this apparently madcap contraption might take some beating! It all started when I stumbled across an unusual engraving in the Wellcome Collection. There was no background information, … Continue reading →