Monthly Archives: August 2024

St Fiacre

Posted on 31/08/2024 by The Garden History Blog

Happy St Fiacre’s Day! You’ve just got time to organise a party for the patron saint of gardening, whose “official” feast day in most places  is today – 31st August. But don’t worry if you can’t celebrate today, because in … Continue reading →

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Grimsthorpe

Posted on 24/08/2024 by The Garden History Blog

I was listening to Radio 3’s Composer of the Week recently where the subject was Thomas Linley,  an English contemporary of Mozart I’d never heard of.  The music was impressive but  then I caught mention of a visit that Linley … Continue reading →

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American Edens

Posted on 17/08/2024 by The Garden History Blog

Continuing the silly season… The Garden of Eden has moved … again!  Last week it was in China, Somaliland, Sri Lanka or the Seychelles but I’ll let you into a secret  it was actually at the North Pole. Sorry, that’s … Continue reading →

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Where was the Garden of Eden?

Posted on 10/08/2024 by The Garden History Blog

The August silly season continues… “My first approach to the Garden of Eden was from the west while tracking a lion”  so opens an account by a respected British explorer and archaeologist when he found Eden in Somaliland in the … Continue reading →

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The Garden of Eden

Posted on 03/08/2024 by The Garden History Blog

Summer time is always associated with garden visiting but the next few posts are going to be about a garden you’re unlikely ever to be able to visit.  Yet it’s probably the most well known and most talked about garden … Continue reading →

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