Tag Archives: James Edward Smith

The indefatigable John Fraser and his American Nursery

Posted on 06/10/2018 by The Gardens Trust

John Fraser was another one of those botanists and plant hunters who once set the horticultural word on fire with their discoveries but are now scarcely remembered. Like so many of them he was Scottish, born in Inverness-shire in 1750, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Catherine the Great, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Humboldt, James Edward Smith, John Claudius Loudon, John Fraser, Queen Charlotte, Robert Hogg, The Botanical Register, Thomas Jefferson, William Aiton, William Forsyth | 1 Comment

Repton and his business

Posted on 06/01/2018 by The Gardens Trust

HAPPY NEW YEAR! If you hadn’t already realised 2018 is Repton Year, when we’re commemorating the life and work of the last great landscape designer of the eighteenth century. Unlike the Festival for his ‘predecessor’ Capability Brown there is no great … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ashridge, Capability Brown, Gardens Trust, Humphry Repton, James Edward Smith, jane austen, john nash, Joseph Banks, Red Book, Welbeck | 3 Comments

On Don and Don and Don and Don…

Posted on 21/10/2017 by The Gardens Trust

I know Monty may be the only Don you’ve heard of but this is not a post about him. Instead its about some of his 18th and 19thc ancestors who were also well-known horticulturists and botanists. The family came from the … Continue reading →