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Mrs Delany’s Petticoat

Posted on 07/07/2018 by The Gardens Trust

I write about all sorts of strange things on this blog but can’t think of much more obscure than this week’s starting point which is a Georgian firescreen which turns out not to be just a firescreen but part of … 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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