Tag Archives: Garden of Eden

Hortus Eystettensis

This post is about an illustrated catalogue of the  plant collection in  a German bishop’s garden around 1600. After such an enticing introduction you  might need some convincing to read any further, so let me add that the Hortus Eystettensis  [or … Continue reading

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Making Mountains and Music in Elysium…

As I hope I showed in a recent post John Evelyn the 17thc diarist and garden writer spent much of his life designing the perfect garden: Elysium Britannicum.  It was to be an Eden encompassing a complete miniaturized version of … Continue reading

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The humble spade…

A short article in the newspaper  the other day reminded me of my promise to write about garden tools from time to time.  If you didn’t catch the story then try to guess what sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury and George Bernard … Continue reading

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