Tag Archives: Kedleston

Fishing Temples 2: the 18th century

Posted on 03/09/2016 by The Gardens Trust

Last week’s post was about the earliest surviving garden buildings designed for fishing which dated from the 16th and 17thc. After I’d published it I realised that I’d missed out some tiny but atmospheric details from some plates by Jan Drapentier for Henry … Continue reading →

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Artificial Stone 2: Eleanor’s enterprise

Posted on 19/03/2016 by The Gardens Trust

Monty Don has done it again. A couple of months ago I wrote a post about scything and lawns and he then immediately demonstrated how to do it on The Secret History of the British Garden. Next, I was writing … Continue reading →

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Sir John Soane and gardens … continued

Posted on 19/09/2014 by The Gardens Trust

In a recent post I looked at Pitzhanger, the country retreat of Sir John Soane. But Soane was interested in gardens at several other levels. Firstly he designed garden buildings, publishing a series of ideas and plans for seats, temples, tea … Continue reading →