Tag Archives: Helen Allingham

Cottage Gardens – Cabbages and Chocolate boxes

Posted on 22/05/2021 by The Gardens Trust

I wrote a couple of weeks back about the origin of the cottage garden, and today I want to take the story forward and look at how by the middle of Queen Victoria’s reign rural cottages and their gardens had … Continue reading →

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Come into the garden Maud…

Posted on 25/02/2017 by The Gardens Trust

I was looking for a lighthearted piece to counter some of my more recent serious ones, and shortly afterwards happened to be passing the house where Marie Lloyd, the music hall star, used to live. One of her set pieces was … Continue reading →