Tag Archives: Chelsea

Cremorne Gardens: Drinking, Dancing and Danger!

Posted on 22/01/2022 by The Gardens Trust

Chelsea, nowadays largely the playground of the rich, was in the middle of the 19thc the playground of every class of Londoner, with almost every form of popular entertainment on offer on the banks of the Thames at Cremorne. Whether … Continue reading →

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The First Chelsea Stadium

Posted on 15/01/2022 by The Gardens Trust

Say Chelsea Stadium to most people and they’ll think of football but Stamford Bridge wasn’t the first stadium in Chelsea. The earlier one had beautiful gardens and was a venue for sports of all kinds [apart from football]. Sadly all … Continue reading →

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The other Chelsea Flower Show…

Posted on 26/05/2018 by The Gardens Trust

As the eyes of high society and the horticultural world turned to Chelsea, the doyenne of all flower shows world-wide, this week I thought it was time to turn my attention towards another even older connection between the plant world … Continue reading →

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John Weeks: Horticultural Architect

Posted on 16/09/2017 by The Gardens Trust

I’m always amazed by the way that some now fashionable upmarket residential areas have a different, more working class past often with horticultural connections. Belgravia, for example, is built on the site of the Neat Houses, once London’s largest concentration … Continue reading →

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Kip and Knyff : Part 2 Kip

Posted on 08/04/2017 by The Gardens Trust

For someone whose work is so well known it’s surprising how little biographical information is recorded about Johannes Kip, the topographical engraver. He is best known for Britannia Illustrata, his work with Leonard Knyff, which has illustrations of the estates of … Continue reading →