Tag Archives: Victorian

Dickensian Gardens

Posted on 04/04/2020 by The Gardens Trust

A few weeks back I was going to write about the way Dickens used gardens in his books, but ended up writing about the man himself and his garden at Gad’s Hill, so today I’m going to try again. I’m … Continue reading →

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Dinomania

Posted on 07/03/2020 by The Gardens Trust

It’s not just children who love dinosaurs, everybody seems to, and that includes Historic England who have just put several of them on the 2020 Heritage At Risk Register. And no… that’s not because our leading heritage body is about … Continue reading →

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Dickens and his Garden

Posted on 25/01/2020 by The Gardens Trust

I don’t suppose many of us think of Charles Dickens as being a gardener. Novelist, Social reformer, commentator, even actor/performer yes, but gardener, probably not. Yet Dickens was very interested in gardens and gardening and thought England itself was ‘the … Continue reading →

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Anne and Osbert’s Pleasure Garden

Posted on 04/01/2020 by The Gardens Trust

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We all have our favourite gardening books, whether for the quality of the illustrations, -usually the first thing one notices when flicking through – the quality of the writing – which takes more time to appreciate or … Continue reading →