Tag Archives: games

The Ryder Cup for Gardening

Posted on 02/10/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Pre-Covid I was looking for material for a post on Winifred Walker, the botanical artist and discovered that one of the companies who commissioned her flower paintings was Ryders of St Albans.  That name sounded familiar but  didn’t ring any … Continue reading →

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Garden Party Games – Edwardian style

Posted on 22/06/2019 by The Gardens Trust

It was my birthday recently but unfortunately the weather wasn’t quite suitable for organising a garden party to celebrate. Nevertheless  with the weather warming up again I thought I would offer some tried and tested seasonal advice about using your … Continue reading →

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James Carter conquers the world

Posted on 24/09/2016 by The Gardens Trust

Wherever you live in the world if you are a gardener ‘of a certain age’ then you’re bound to remember Carters Tested Seeds. They were one of the great horticultural institutions of the 19th and 20th centuries. But where are they … Continue reading →

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Beer and Skittles … but mainly skittles

Posted on 30/07/2016 by The Gardens Trust

Games where you roll or throw something at some sort of target to make it fall over are documented since at least medieval times, maybe even in ancient Egypt.  Such games have only evolved marginally since then!   Whether its kegel, … Continue reading →

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Snaths, nibs, chines & very sharp dengles…

Posted on 21/11/2015 by The Gardens Trust

No, its not an extract from a Frankie Howard or Kenneth Williams script [giving my age away there] but something to do with the traditional centrepiece of most English gardens: the lawn. Nowadays its a relatively easy job to cut … Continue reading →

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