Tag Archives: Wales

Anne’s Grand Tour

Posted on 25/09/2021 by The Gardens Trust

We’re all familiar with the idea of the Grand Tour, where young elite men were sent to finish their education touring the great classical and Renaissance sites of Italy. This had been going on since the mid-17thc but the Napoleonic … Continue reading →

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Goldring and Public Parks

Posted on 14/12/2019 by The Gardens Trust

A couple of weeks ago I began  looking at the work of  William Goldring, the prolific landscape and garden designer who died one hundred years ago this year. In England, he is supposedly associated with work on more than 700 … Continue reading →

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With Torrington to Tintern…

Posted on 24/11/2018 by The Gardens Trust

Colonel the Honourable John Byng was just another  younger son of another not-very-well-known 18thc aristocratic family. He followed the normal route for younger sons, choosing the army over the navy or church and ended up as a minor government tax … Continue reading →

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The Picturesque Traveller discovers Wales

Posted on 07/04/2018 by The Gardens Trust

A few months ago I wrote about the change in attitudes to ‘wilderness’ and ‘untamed’ landscapes in the 18thc in a post concentrating on the Lake District.  This week  I want to turn  to Wales which became another 18thc scenic landscape … Continue reading →

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The Most Special Place in Wales…

Posted on 25/08/2015 by The Gardens Trust

Whats this? A post from P&G? But it’s not Saturday! Well I confess I haven’t written it and  although I wouldn’t normally re-post something written on another blog, since I’ve written about Dyffryn Gardens quite recently  [post 13th Dec 2014] when I saw this … Continue reading →

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