Tag Archives: Hatton

Reimagining Kirby

Posted on 11/12/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Gardens are ephemeral creations and surely impossible to recreate once they’ve gone. That hasn’t stopped a lot of people trying. This is a trend that’s first noticeable in the early 19thc when it tended to be a romanticised view of … Continue reading →

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Christopher, Charles and Kirby

Posted on 20/11/2021 by The Gardens Trust

After a recent post about the creation of the house and gardens at Kirby Hall in Northamptonshire today’s is going to look at the garden in its late 17thc heyday. The reason we know so much about the garden at … Continue reading →

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Moving the ‘bastard’ orange trees …

Posted on 25/07/2015 by The Gardens Trust

And no I’m not being rude just for the sake of it! As I said in a recent post I’ve been doing some research over the past few years into the gardening interests of the Hatton family who were prominent royalists … Continue reading →