Tag Archives: Elizabethan

Painting the Gardens of History with Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale

Posted on 19/11/2022 by The Gardens Trust

What’s in a name? Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale sounds like an escapee from a Victorian 3-volume bodice-ripper or maybe the wicked governess in a  1920s girls comic – well that’s what I thought when I first saw her name.  That will … Continue reading →

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The Turf Maze

Posted on 12/11/2022 by The Gardens Trust

Way back in  April 2021  I wrote a piece about the  Elizabethan painting below, which as you can see from the detail, has a maze in the background.   It struck me as an unusual things to put into a … Continue reading →

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Harlaxton: “Beyond your imagination”

Posted on 30/04/2022 by The Gardens Trust

Unfortunately I haven’t had a single answer to the question -“Why did he do it?” – that I posed at the end of last week’s post about Harlaxton the “Jacobethan” marvel dreamed up and then lovingly built by Gregory Gregory. … Continue reading →

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Harlaxton: Gregory’s Dream

Posted on 23/04/2022 by The Gardens Trust

On the way to a family wedding last weekend I stopped off at Harlaxton near Grantham in Lincolnshire. Like John Claudius Loudon before me   I “had heard much of this place from various architects and amateurs for several years.” … Continue reading →

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Reimagining Kirby

Posted on 11/12/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Gardens are ephemeral creations and surely impossible to recreate once they’ve gone. That hasn’t stopped a lot of people trying.  This is a trend that’s first noticeable in the early 19thc when it  tended to be a romanticised view of … Continue reading →

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