Author Archives: The Garden History Blog

Gardeners who are famous to one generation often don’t stay in the public memory of the next.  So while we still treasure Ellen Willmott, Gertrude Jekyll and William Robinson, one of their highly regarded contemporaries  has vanished from the face … Continue reading →

A more serious post than usual. If you’re in the UK you’ll know that the government is looking to speed up the planning system which it says is one of the major obstacles to growth. As part of that it … Continue reading →

The Majorelle Garden is a tranquil urban oasis in the busy city of Marrakech, in the south of Morocco. It was begun by the French artist Jacques Majorelle in 1924 inspired in part by traditional Moroccan garden design but  with … Continue reading →

“Chocolate Boxy” is usually seen as a term of critical abuse in art history but I suspect most of us have a soft spot deep down for the overly romantic images that the term conjures up. One of the enduringly … Continue reading →