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Joseph, Victoria and the amazing leaf
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
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Tagged Chatsworth, conservatory, duke of devonshire, greenhouse, hothouse, John Lindley, joseph paxton, kew, Syon, technology, water gardens, water lily, william hooker
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Boys Toys and Shanks’s Ponies
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
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Tagged edwin budding, John Claudius Loudon, lawns, scythe, technology
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John Weeks: Horticultural Architect
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
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Tagged Chelsea, conservatory, hothouse, John Claudius Loudon, nurseryman, strawberry, technology, Temple Dinsley, Victoria amazonica, winter garden
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Owen Thomas: 1: Anglesey and beyond…
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