Tag Archives: Thomas Hill

More Turf Mazes

Posted on 25/02/2023 by The Gardens Trust

At the end of last year I wrote about the earliest turf mazes in Britain  but I ran out of space to do justice to the subject, so here’s your chance to find out about the largest turf maze in … Continue reading →

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Watering

Posted on 16/07/2022 by The Gardens Trust

We easily forget how life-changing some gardening inventions can be.  In the past I’ve looked at the origins of the spade, the wheelbarrow and hosepipe and today’s post, inspired by the latest heat wave,  is in the same vein. So … Continue reading →

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Fireworks – part 1: Here be Dragons!

Posted on 23/10/2021 by The Gardens Trust

In honour of the fact that November 5th is looming on the calendar I thought I’d be topical and  investigate the history of fireworks in our parks and gardens. I soon discovered that  fireworks have very little to do with … Continue reading →

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Who gives a Fig…especially in Sussex?

Posted on 12/08/2017 by The Gardens Trust

We had a bit of a fight on our hands yesterday. Sophia, Dorothy, Blanche and Rose were arguing  in our courtyard.  Then they started to argue with us too.  It was a row about figs. We have a beautiful small … Continue reading →

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Saints, Sinners, Sex and Strawberries…

Posted on 20/05/2017 by The Gardens Trust

Strawberries are quintessentially English. Or so you’d think. But actually they’re not. Although there are indigenous European strawberries the ones we eat are hybrids derived from a species from New England and another from Chile  introduced surreptitiously into France in … Continue reading →

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