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Mechanical Landscapes: The Eidophusikon

Posted on 06/04/2019 by The Gardens Trust

Last weekend I went to see a modern version of something that in 1776 gripped London like a fever. But rather than a medical crisis it was an all-embracing visual experience: a series of stories that involved landscape… & not static … Continue reading →

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Making Mountains and Music in Elysium…

Posted on 13/10/2018 by The Gardens Trust

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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Garden Menageries… 1: Coombe Abbey

Posted on 25/07/2014 by The Gardens Trust

As gardeners and garden historians we are used to hearing about the discovery, trade and cultivation of non-native plants. We know that as western Europeans discovered, then traded with and finally conquered much of the rest of the world plant hunters … Continue reading →