Author Archives: The Garden History Blog

What is Niagara doing on a blog. about the history of  parks and gardens? Well, if,like me until last  week, you thought that Niagara meant only the world famous Falls and nothing else, you might be surprised to know there … Continue reading →

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 →