Tag Archives: william chambers

Looking East …

Posted on 18/08/2018 by The Gardens Trust

What’s the best known – and certainly most instantly recognizable – garden building in Britain? I ought to think of something clever to say at this point, or perhaps provide a list to choose from but I suspect that for … Continue reading →

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Recording the Rococo : Thomas Robins

Posted on 05/05/2018 by The Gardens Trust

Sometimes one gets a real surprise from a book. I did a few weeks ago in the British Library… and I don’t mean when I started to read it, but literally when it was brought to the counter. There were … Continue reading →

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Artificial Stone 2: Eleanor’s enterprise

Posted on 19/03/2016 by The Gardens Trust

Monty Don has done it again. A couple of months ago I wrote a post about scything and lawns and he then immediately demonstrated how to do it on The Secret History of the British Garden. Next, I was writing … Continue reading →