Tag Archives: George III

Georgian Jubilation

Posted on 28/05/2022 by The Gardens Trust

“England’s public parks and gardens have played a central role in the celebration and the commemoration of royal jubilees for more than two hundred years. The roll call of jubilee gardens, coronation parks, queen’s parks and parks named after princes … Continue reading →

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Looking East …

Posted on 18/08/2018 by The Gardens Trust

What’s the best known – and certainly most instantly recognizable – garden building in Britain? I ought to think of something clever to say at this point, or perhaps provide a list to choose from but I suspect that for … Continue reading →

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Mary’s Mosaiks

Posted on 09/06/2018 by The Gardens Trust

Mary Granville could easily have been the protagonist of one of those boringly wordy Georgian 3 volume novels, now long unread and forgotten. The first tome would have covered her early life: from the minor aristocracy, well-educated and talented but … Continue reading →

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The further adventures of Francis Masson – the man with itchy feet

Posted on 02/07/2016 by The Gardens Trust

Last week’s post finished with Francis Masson returning to Kew in 1775 after a successful plant collecting expedition to the Cape of Good Hope. But he was clearly a man with itchy feet so the following year he was off again … Continue reading →

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How Francis Masson found the world’s oldest pot plant…and a few other things

Posted on 25/06/2016 by The Gardens Trust

“The country is encompassed on all sides with very high mountains, almost perpendicular, consisting of bare rocks, without the last appearance of vegetation; and upon the whole, has a most melancholy effect on the mind.” So wrote Francis Masson … Continue reading →