Monthly Archives: September 2025

Last week’s post ended on a gloomy note and said worse was to come. And there couldn’t have been much worse than the Great Fire of London of 1666 which  burnt 80% of the old walled city. In the aftermath … Continue reading →

  Which is the oldest public park in Britain? Most books and websites will tell you that the first  funded from the public purse was Birkenhead Park which opened in 1845.  Others claim that the honour goes to  Derby Arboretum … Continue reading →

Art has always had a place in gardens.  Historically statues, columns, obelisks, urns, murals and even gnomes have all been very popular additions but more recently there’s been a trend to create sculpture gardens of a different kind, exhibition spaces … Continue reading →

It was  here we go round the mulberry bush in my garden recently – or rather here we go under the mulberry tree. Mine is a Black Mulberry grown almost as much for its foliage and shape, as for its … Continue reading →