Tag Archives: John Evelyn

Artificial Stone 1: the projector, the architect, the thief and the formula

Posted on 07/11/2015 by The Gardens Trust

Artificial stone has apparently been around a long time. It wasn’t invented recently  by  jerry builders trying to copy the real thing on the cheap, or even by a prestigious company like Haddonstone, but probably by the Romans. However  not … Continue reading →

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Tiglath-Pileser I & the passion he shared with William Robinson

Posted on 11/10/2014 by The Gardens Trust

It’s not every day that an exotically multi-syllabled king of ancient Assyria gets mentioned in the context of Brtain’s historic parks and gardens.  But I was writing a  lecture about  early plant hunting and decided to start with evidence from antiquity when … Continue reading →

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Garden Tools & Equipment…

Posted on 13/09/2014 by The Gardens Trust

Another parcel of books arrived yesterday and as I struggled to find room for them on the shelves it made me realise that there are an awful lot of books about gardens and gardening, quite a few about their history  or … Continue reading →

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John Claudius Loudon…and cemeteries

Posted on 19/06/2014 by The Gardens Trust

Maybe it’s not the cheeriest of subjects but  as another birthday approached my thoughts turned to immortality – or rather the lack of it – and so I planned to write about some of the history of cemeteries and burial grounds, … Continue reading →

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