Tag Archives: Great exhibition

The 1867 Paris Expo

Posted on 10/10/2020 by The Gardens Trust

I had a lot of comments about the recent posts on the RHS gardens in Kensington which were used as the centrepiece for the 1862 International Exhibition.  The concept of a world expo was then comparatively novel. There had only … Continue reading →

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Kensington goes Italian

Posted on 19/09/2020 by The Gardens Trust

Last week I wrote the background story of the Royal Horticultural Society’s magnificent but short-lived gardens in South Kensington, and today I want to follow up with an account of the gardens themselves designed by William Andrews Nesfield. When I sat … Continue reading →

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Andrew Murray & the Lost Gardens of Kensington

Posted on 12/09/2020 by The Gardens Trust

Who was Andrew Murray I can hear you asking and how did he lose a garden, especially one in Kensington?  Well, of course he didn’t actually personally  lose the garden, but he did record it before it was lost.  A … Continue reading →

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“The Agreeable Occupation of Imitating Nature”

Posted on 24/08/2019 by The Gardens Trust

Today’s post is quite long but needs just a very short introduction… What do the thousands of  white roses at Queen Victoria’s wedding have in common with mediaeval nuns, the philosopher Jeremy Bentham’s head,  what your great-aunt Agatha probably had … Continue reading →

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Austin & Seeley

Posted on 26/01/2019 by The Gardens Trust

Many months ago I posted several pieces tracing the story of  Eleanor Coade and her artificial stone,  which ornamented  elite buildings and gardens in the later 18thc. A later post looked at the work of Mark Blanchard and John Blashfield … Continue reading →

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