Tag Archives: joseph paxton

Dinomania

Posted on 07/03/2020 by The Gardens Trust

It’s not just children who love dinosaurs, everybody seems to, and that includes Historic England who have just put several of them on the 2020 Heritage At Risk Register. And no… that’s not because our leading heritage body is about … Continue reading →

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Dickens and his Garden

Posted on 25/01/2020 by The Gardens Trust

I don’t suppose many of us think of Charles Dickens as being a gardener. Novelist, Social reformer, commentator, even actor/performer yes, but gardener, probably not. Yet Dickens was very interested in gardens and gardening and thought England itself was ‘the … Continue reading →

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George Glenny- perhaps the most cantankerous Victorian gardener imaginable

Posted on 21/07/2018 by The Gardens Trust

If you were asked to name a great Victorian garden writer I bet John Claudius Loudon, William Robinson, or Shirley Hibberd would spring to mind immediately- but what about George Glenny? He was as prolific as the rest of them, started … Continue reading →

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Joseph, Victoria and the amazing leaf

Posted on 14/07/2018 by The Gardens Trust

Picture the scene. A small group of well dressed people stand around a room with a large pond in the middle watching a serious looking man and a 9 yr old girl. Everyone watches in silence as he lifts her … Continue reading →