Tag Archives: Dickens

“Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green…”

Posted on 19/12/2020 by The Gardens Trust

Writing a post for Christmas is never easy… unless there is an obvious  monstrosity to write about as there was in 2017 [check it out if you have managed to blank it from your mind!]  It would be easier  if … Continue reading →

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An Englishman’s Home is his Castle – or Mr Wemmick and Me

Posted on 13/06/2020 by The Gardens Trust

I wrote a few months about Dickens and his garden at Gad’s Hill and also about the way he uses gardens in his novels.  Today I was  just going to look at one rather quirky Dickensian character and his rather … Continue reading →

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Dickensian Gardens

Posted on 04/04/2020 by The Gardens Trust

A few weeks back I was going to write about the way Dickens used gardens in his books, but ended up writing about the man himself and his garden at Gad’s Hill, so today I’m going to try again.  I’m … Continue reading →

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The Statue, the Square and the Slippery Baron

Posted on 11/01/2020 by The Gardens Trust

We think our public parks are suffering from neglect but even after years of austerity and poor maintenance they haven’t quite fallen into the same state of decay as the well-known public space being described here in a book named … Continue reading →

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