Tag Archives: Edinburgh Botanic Garden

A touch of festive red…

Posted on 20/12/2014 by The Gardens Trust

It’s that time of year again when the whole world seems to go red. Love them or loathe them poinsettias dominate the Christmas flower market, and because of that they are are the most economically important potted plant world-wide. Incidentally … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bartram, Buist, Ecke, Edinburgh Botanic Garden, Floral Cabinet, James McNab, Paxton, Paxton's Magazine of Botany, Poinsett, Poinsettia, The Botanist | 1 Comment

Do behold the King in his glory…King Sequoia!

Posted on 06/12/2014 by The Gardens Trust

In 1849 a young Cornishman William Lobb arrived in San Francisco. Not to take part in the famous Gold Rush but to hunt for green gold for his employer, the enterprising Exeter nurseryman, James Veitch. What Lobb bought back created … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ashridge, Benmore, Compton Verney, Cowdray, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Darwin, David Douglas, Edinburgh Botanic Garden, Gardener's Chronicle, Horticultural Society, John Lindley, Lobb, Orton Hall, Patrick Matthew, Stratfield Saye, Veitch, Wellingtonia | 2 Comments

Tiglath-Pileser I & the passion he shared with William Robinson

Posted on 11/10/2014 by The Gardens Trust

It’s not every day that an exotically multi-syllabled king of ancient Assyria gets mentioned in the context of Brtain’s historic parks and gardens. But I was writing a lecture about early plant hunting and decided to start with evidence from antiquity when … Continue reading →