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Overlooked? Forgotten? Unseen?

Posted on 03/04/2021 by The Garden History Blog

I gave a lecture for the Gardens Trust recently about Friar Park, the extraordinary house and garden of Sir Frank Crisp.  An eagle-eyed friend of mine got in touch afterwards to ask about one of the images I’d used – … Continue reading →

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Alice through the Garden Door

Posted on 27/03/2021 by The Garden History Blog

I was told off last week for writing a “teaser” post by mentioning Alice but not including much about her and nothing about Wonderland but today’s I hope will make up for that. There are two gardens  at Christ Church … Continue reading →

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Alice in Gardenland

Posted on 20/03/2021 by The Garden History Blog

I started this post a while back following a a visit to Christ Church for the Gardens Trust conference in Oxford in September 2019.  The visit had special significance for the Gardens Trust because Christ Church was once home to … Continue reading →

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Swans

Posted on 13/03/2021 by The Garden History Blog

The report of the deliberate killing of a swan in my local park got me thinking, not just about the brainless slaughter of an innocent creature presumably for “fun” but about why it was there in the first place. Swans … Continue reading →

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Austerity, Car Parks and Concrete

Posted on 06/03/2021 by The Garden History Blog

I looked last week at the fate of London’s  squares during wartime, and one might have thought that things couldn’t get much worse.  Unfortunately, as in many other areas of post-war life they did.  There was no quick recovery and … Continue reading →

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