Tag Archives: Tudor

Painting the Gardens of History with Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale

Posted on 19/11/2022 by The Gardens Trust

What’s in a name? Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale sounds like an escapee from a Victorian 3-volume bodice-ripper or maybe the wicked governess in a  1920s girls comic – well that’s what I thought when I first saw her name.  That will … Continue reading →

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The Turf Maze

Posted on 12/11/2022 by The Gardens Trust

Way back in  April 2021  I wrote a piece about the  Elizabethan painting below, which as you can see from the detail, has a maze in the background.   It struck me as an unusual things to put into a … Continue reading →

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Creating Kirby

Posted on 06/11/2021 by The Gardens Trust

The story of Kirby Hall  in Northamptonshire is inextricably linked with the story of the Hatton family who rose to prominence under Elizabeth I, and remained there right through the 17thc.  As their fortunes changed after that so did that … Continue reading →

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Swans

Posted on 13/03/2021 by The Gardens Trust

The report of the deliberate killing of a swan in my local park got me thinking, not just about the brainless slaughter of an innocent creature presumably for “fun” but about why it was there in the first place. Swans … Continue reading →

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A picture is worth a thousand words: Drawing Tudor Royal Gardens…

Posted on 06/02/2021 by The Gardens Trust

At Christmastide 1497 a great fire broke out in Henry VII’s private chambers in the mainly wooden mediaeval palace at Sheen in Surrey. It burned for 3 hours destroying a large part of the building  but it was reported that the … Continue reading →

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