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London nurseries in the 1690s
Did you know there were cacti and bananas growing in London at the end of the 17thc? Or that there were vineyards and commercial winemaking? Or that the king rarely paid his bills? Following on from last week’s post about … Continue reading
A Trip Advisor’s Guide to London Gardens……… in the 1690s
In the United Kingdom, garden visiting is an extremely popular occupation. In 2021 Kew had 1.25 million visitors and RHS Wisley nearly a million, while Westonbirt, Attingham and Edinburgh Botanic Gardens all also featured in top 20 visitor attractions in … Continue reading
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Tagged 17thc, citrus, garden visiting, garden writing, orangery, technology
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Babylonstoren : Beyond the Kitchen Garden
I don’t often write more than one post on a garden. But then few gardens are quite as extraordinary as Babylonstoren. After last week’s look at the 8 acre formal kitchen garden I’m going to look at the rest of … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, ecology, kitchen garden, orchard, South Africa
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Babylonstoren: an historic garden in the making
Back in September I was in South Africa and taken to see Babylonstoren, an impressive “new” garden about an hour north of Cape Town. The 200-hectare estate lies at the foot of the Simonsberg mountain range near Franschhoek in the … Continue reading
Painting the Gardens of History with Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale
What’s in a name? Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale sounds like an escapee from a Victorian 3-volume bodice-ripper or maybe the wicked governess in a 1920s girls comic – well that’s what I thought when I first saw her name. That will … Continue reading
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Tagged art history, children, Elizabethan, garden writing, Mediaeval, pre-Raphaelite, Tudor
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