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Josephine @ Malmaison

Posted on 04/07/2020 by The Gardens Trust

The story of how a 32 year widow from Martinique escaped the guillotine and then met and fell in love with the a young Corsican general during the French Revolution is the stuff of romantic novels. It’s one of the … Continue reading →

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Castles for Cows…

Posted on 28/04/2018 by The Gardens Trust

The recent post on chickens and their houses provoked a lot interest and laughs and since many of the sites which had eccentric or extravagant buildings for poultry also had them for other domestic or farmyard beasts I thought I’d follow … Continue reading →