Tag Archives: technology

Movers and Shakers

Posted on 14/11/2020 by The Gardens Trust

Last week’s post ended with the image printed in 1828 of Sir Henry Stuart’s balance-men being catapulted through the air while trying to move a tree, but over the following twenty years or so gardeners, foresters and landscapers invented a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Charles McIntosh, conservation, Elvaston, James McNab, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, technology, transplantation, Tree Shovel, Tree Spade, trees, William Barron, winter garden, woodland garden | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chatsworth, conservatory, duke of devonshire, greenhouse, hothouse, John Lindley, joseph paxton, kew, Syon, technology, water gardens, water lily, william hooker | 3 Comments

Boys Toys and Shanks’s Ponies

Posted on 07/10/2017 by The Gardens Trust

Sitting on the terrace overlooking my garden a few weeks back in the heat wave I was watching the lawn go yellow and then brown, except of course for all the pesky weeds which continued to grow cheerfully and provided … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged edwin budding, John Claudius Loudon, lawns, scythe, technology | 2 Comments

John Weeks: Horticultural Architect

Posted on 16/09/2017 by The Gardens Trust

I’m always amazed by the way that some now fashionable upmarket residential areas have a different, more working class past often with horticultural connections. Belgravia, for example, is built on the site of the Neat Houses, once London’s largest concentration … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chelsea, conservatory, hothouse, John Claudius Loudon, nurseryman, strawberry, technology, Temple Dinsley, Victoria amazonica, winter garden | 1 Comment

Owen Thomas: 1: Anglesey and beyond…

Posted on 19/08/2017 by The Gardens Trust

Last year I wrote a post about Harry Higgott Thomas the garden writer and journalist who was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour. Whilst doing the research I discovered that his father, Owen Thomas, also gained one of the first VMHs … Continue reading →