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Garden Menageries 2: Chiswick House

Posted on 22/08/2014 by The Gardens Trust

One of the important historic gardens in the world is at Chiswick House, Lord Burlington’s Palladian country retreat in west London. But while the house and grounds are extremely well-known I suspect most people still don’t know about the menagerie that was … Continue reading →

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Elephants and the royal menagerie…

Posted on 17/07/2014 by The Gardens Trust

After a look at mechanical elephants in our parks and gardens I thought perhaps I should look at the place of the real thing there as well. Garden menageries have a long history: the earliest recorded in Britain from the … Continue reading →