Tag Archives: john nash

Fair and Square

Posted on 28/11/2020 by The Gardens Trust

Over the last couple of months I’ve done a series of posts about the history of the London square. We looked at the origins of the square as an architectural form in the 17thc, then the development of planting in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Hyde Park, John Claudius Loudon, john nash, Ladbroke, London Square, Papworth, Thomas Allason, Thomas Cubitt, Tyburnia | Leave a 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

Artificial Stone 3: Coade broken

Posted on 06/08/2016 by The Gardens Trust

In two earlier posts we have seen the rise and triumph of Eleanor Coade’s artificial stone business. [Catch up on them at: http://wp.me/p4brf0-vR6 & http://wp.me/p4brf0-vR8 ] Eleanor was a successful entrepreneur dominating the market in architectural decoration and … Continue reading →