Tag Archives: Francis Child

A Garden of surprises: Upton House

Posted on 10/12/2016 by The Gardens Trust

Upton is a surprise: let me correct that, Upton is a series of surprises. I happened to be passing reasonably close by and was looking for somewhere to break the journey. So I checked the flash new National Trust website to … Continue reading →

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Garden Menageries 3 … Osterley

Posted on 31/01/2015 by The Gardens Trust

Continuing with my occasional theme of menageries in the garden, todays’s post looks at Osterley Park in west London and also reveals how garden history interacts with wider current research. The East India Company at Home project has been trying to put the country house … Continue reading →