Tag Archives: paris

A Tale of Two Cities

Posted on 05/12/2020 by The Gardens Trust

We saw last week that although new squares continued to be built in the middle of the 19thc the design was sometimes adapted and modified, and there was sometimes criticism of both the layout itself and increasingly of the planting. … Continue reading →

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The Crystal Palace of Paris

Posted on 17/10/2020 by The Gardens Trust

Last week’s post looked at the background to the 1867 Paris Universal Exhibition, and in particular at its parkland setting. It was the first world fair to give horticulture a major role with one section of the park covering about … Continue reading →

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The 1867 Paris Expo

Posted on 10/10/2020 by The Gardens Trust

I had a lot of comments about the recent posts on the RHS gardens in Kensington which were used as the centrepiece for the 1862 International Exhibition. The concept of a world expo was then comparatively novel. There had only … Continue reading →

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Making Mountains and Music in Elysium…

Posted on 13/10/2018 by The Gardens Trust

As I hope I showed in a recent post John Evelyn the 17thc diarist and garden writer spent much of his life designing the perfect garden: Elysium Britannicum. It was to be an Eden encompassing a complete miniaturized version of … Continue reading →