Author Archives: The Garden History Blog

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Over the past ten years I’ve done many of the obvious more glamorous Christmas-related plants so now it’s finally the turn of Brussels Sprouts to star in the  blog! Poor old Brussels Sprouts. They’re a bit like Marmite: … Continue reading →

Back in October I wrote a piece about how gardeners in the past dealt with garden pests Someone got in touch to ask why I hadn’t mention moles, [thanks  John!].  Apart from the fact I’d run out  of space in … Continue reading →

Ripley, just north of  Harrogate  is one of those picture postcard villages that according to Country Life “has been crowned North Yorkshire’s best village to live in.”   It was largely rebuilt in a picturesque Gothic style in the late … Continue reading →

I caught part of Joaquim Rodrigo’s concerto for guitar on the radio the other day [listen to part of  it here if you don’t know it] and it took me back to a visit I made pre-pandemic to the site that … Continue reading →

On a recent  visit to the Garden Museum in the former church of St Mary next to Lambeth Palace,  it was hard to miss  the impressive tomb of Admiral William Bligh, which stands in the middle of their courtyard.  Better … Continue reading →