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London nurseries in the 1690s

Posted on 17/12/2022 by The Gardens Trust

Did you know there were cacti and bananas growing in London at the end of the 17thc?  Or that there were vineyards and commercial winemaking?  Or that the king rarely paid his bills?   Following on from last week’s post about … Continue reading →

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More Monkey Puzzling

Posted on 04/12/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Last week I  looked at the  discovery of the Monkey Puzzle tree by Europeans and at the very first specimens introduced to Britain by Archibald Menzies, and today I’m going to look at how it was introduced to British gardens … Continue reading →

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The Monkey Puzzle

Posted on 27/11/2021 by The Gardens Trust

If there is one unusual tree most of us will be able to name without much botanical knowledge or any reference books  it surely must be the monkey puzzle. They became very popular in the mid-late 19thc   and whenever you … Continue reading →

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The Daffodil King of Tooting

Posted on 14/03/2020 by The Gardens Trust

Inspiration for this week’s post came from daydreaming & looking out of the window and noticing some daffodils coming into flower.  I  remembered that ages ago I wrote a couple of posts about their  history:  The Daffodil most dainty and … Continue reading →

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On the Life of a Jobbing Gardener

Posted on 08/02/2020 by The Gardens Trust

I was giving some lectures recently on one of my favourite horticultural characters, John Claudius Loudon, who, having already written a shelf-load of books, in 1826 founded The Gardener’s Magazine, the first real piece of regular horticultural journalism. I had … Continue reading →

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