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Camellias

Posted on 10/03/2018 by The Gardens Trust

Knowing that I was going to spend some time in February in  Cornwall looking at gardens  I realised I’d probably be looking at a lot of camellias.  I’ll probably upset or even irritate a lot of people by saying straight … Continue reading →

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Gardens on the Wall 2: The French Connections

Posted on 24/02/2018 by The Gardens Trust

This is a very belated follow-up to a post about gardens on walls in 18thc England in 2016 which looked at the work of John Baptist Jackson and his contemporaries.  And by “gardens on the wall” I don’t mean “living … Continue reading →

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Broughton Castle

Posted on 22/04/2017 by The Gardens Trust

Tucked away in beautiful countryside just a couple of miles from Banbury is one of the most perfect houses in the country: Broughton Castle.  The Historic England site description does nothing to convey the surprise the visitor gets when they turn … Continue reading →

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Gardens on the Wall part 1: John Baptist Jackson

Posted on 12/11/2016 by The Gardens Trust

There are several ways of gardening indoors and several of gardening on walls but this post is about a way of doing both at once: wallpaper. Wallpaper has long used floral motifs. We’re all familiar with flowery wallpaper – some good, some … Continue reading →

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Garden Menageries 3 … Osterley

Posted on 31/01/2015 by The Gardens Trust

Continuing with my occasional theme of menageries in the garden,  todays’s post looks at Osterley Park in west London and also reveals how garden history interacts with wider current research.  The East India Company at Home project  has been trying to put the country house … Continue reading →

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