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Tag Archives: fernery
Park Hill from Tate to Today
Last week’s post told the first part of the story of Park Hill, a Victorian estate in Streatham in what is now south London. In 1873 the house was put up for sale after the death of its builder William … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, conservatory, fernery, garden bridge, garden buildings, lawns, planning, Pulhamite, Robert Marnock, Rockery, ruins, streatham, terraces, William Goldring
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The Strange Case of Doctor Ward…
Most readers of this blog will be familiar with the Wardian case, the method of transporting plants that transformed the world’s gardens and hothouses from the mid-19thc onwards and which were in regular use by Kew for the international transportation of … Continue reading
Stumperies
Imagine standing a load of dead trees on their heads and ‘planting’ them in your garden. Does it sound like a good idea? or even a sane one ? Yet yet its been done by all sorts of people on for … Continue reading
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Tagged arley, Batsford, Biddulph, Dewstow, fernery, ferns, Highgrove, Ickworth, James Bateman, Mrs Earle, William Wright
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Dyffryn
I’m always a bit suspicious when people use superlatives to describe something. It’s never usually quite as good as they make out. So initially that was my reaction when I started to hear/read about Dyffryn Gardens, near Cardiff. Just … Continue reading