Tag Archives: artificial stone

Austin & Seeley

Posted on 26/01/2019 by The Gardens Trust

Many months ago I posted several pieces tracing the story of Eleanor Coade and her artificial stone, which ornamented elite buildings and gardens in the later 18thc. A later post looked at the work of Mark Blanchard and John Blashfield … Continue reading →

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Making Mountains and Music in Elysium…

Posted on 13/10/2018 by The Gardens Trust

As I hope I showed in a recent post John Evelyn the 17thc diarist and garden writer spent much of his life designing the perfect garden: Elysium Britannicum. It was to be an Eden encompassing a complete miniaturized version of … Continue reading →

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Batty goes Gothick…

Posted on 05/08/2017 by The Gardens Trust

Batty Langley was an engaging self publicist with an eye to an opening in the market coupled with a need to make a living. Last week’s post looked at New Principles of Gardening published in 1728, his first important book. … Continue reading →

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Artificial Stone 2: Eleanor’s enterprise

Posted on 19/03/2016 by The Gardens Trust

Monty Don has done it again. A couple of months ago I wrote a post about scything and lawns and he then immediately demonstrated how to do it on The Secret History of the British Garden. Next, I was writing … Continue reading →

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Artificial Stone 1: the projector, the architect, the thief and the formula

Posted on 07/11/2015 by The Gardens Trust

Artificial stone has apparently been around a long time. It wasn’t invented recently by jerry builders trying to copy the real thing on the cheap, or even by a prestigious company like Haddonstone, but probably by the Romans. However not … Continue reading →