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Sir Nathaniel Bacon, his kitchen garden and his cookmaid

Posted on 17/09/2016 by The Gardens Trust

The Latin epitaph on this marble funerary monument translates as “Look Traveller, this is the monument of Nathaniel Bacon, A Knight of the Bath, whom, when experience and observation had made him most knowledgeable in the history of plants, … Continue reading →

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Mounds & Mounts 2: the heights of fashion

Posted on 19/09/2015 by The Gardens Trust

Last week’s post showed how earlier landscape features such as tumuli and castle mottes were reused to create prospect mounds in gardens. But by the mid-16thc mounts were also being deliberately constructed to gain a view not only over the garden … Continue reading →