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The Turf Maze

Posted on 12/11/2022 by The Garden History Blog

Way back in  April 2021  I wrote a piece about the  Elizabethan painting below, which as you can see from the detail, has a maze in the background.   It struck me as an unusual things to put into a … Continue reading →

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Cutting Edge Technology

Posted on 05/11/2022 by The Garden History Blog

There can’t be many garden tools that have caused hundreds of people to demonstrate in the streets against their  introduction. But that’s precisely what happened in 1840 when a committee decided to test a new device against traditional methods and … Continue reading →

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Gardening Advice from a Squint-Eyed Monk

Posted on 29/10/2022 by The Garden History Blog

I’ve written several posts on early gardening books, but today’s post goes back even further. It’s about the first gardening book in European history which dates from around 830-40AD. It  was written by a Benedictine monk who spent most of … Continue reading →

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Margaret Waterfield

Posted on 22/10/2022 by The Garden History Blog

Some of the posts on here have been a long time in the making. Today’s is one such. When I was researching a post about garden writer Mrs Earle way back in 2015  I discovered that a piece she  written … Continue reading →

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Early Garden Picture Books

Posted on 15/10/2022 by The Garden History Blog

When printing first reached western Europe books rarely had illustrations, and when they did they tended to be simple rather crude woodcuts which were few and far between. The quality of images improved gradually and by the mid-16thc books of … Continue reading →

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