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The Jardin du Roi

Posted on 21/03/2020 by The Garden History Blog

I was supposed to be researching something serious the other day, when, as so often, I saw something much more interesting and decided to follow that lead instead. It was an image of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged botanic garden, Comte de Buffon, Darwin, France, garden buildings, greenhouse, iron, Jean Robin, John Evelyn, mount, Physic Garden | 7 Comments

The Daffodil King of Tooting

Posted on 14/03/2020 by The Garden History Blog

Inspiration for this week’s post came from daydreaming & looking out of the window and noticing some daffodils coming into flower. I remembered that ages ago I wrote a couple of posts about their history: The Daffodil most dainty and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bulbs, Daffodils, Darwin, E.A.Bowles, Edward Leeds, hybridization, John Parkinson, nurserymen, Peter Barr, plant breeding, plant hunters, Royal Horticultural Society, seeds, William Backhouse, William Herbert, William Robinson | 2 Comments

Dinomania

Posted on 07/03/2020 by The Garden History Blog

It’s not just children who love dinosaurs, everybody seems to, and that includes Historic England who have just put several of them on the 2020 Heritage At Risk Register. And no… that’s not because our leading heritage body is about … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged benjamin waterhouse hawkins, conservation, crystal palace, Darwin, dinosaurs, geology, joseph paxton, landscape gardening, Restoration, Victorian | Leave a comment

The Pagoda at Chanteloup

Posted on 29/02/2020 by The Garden History Blog

If I asked you to think of a pagoda in a European garden I suspect your automatic reaction would be to think of the one at Kew. But there is another, perhaps inspired by it, in an imposing position in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archaeology, baroque, Canal, Chinoiserie, fountain, France, garden buildings, landscape gardening, painting | Leave a comment

Sylva Old and New

Posted on 22/02/2020 by The Garden History Blog

If you’ve heard of John Evelyn before now it’s probably because of his diaries which are one of our major sources of information about the major events of the mid/late 17thc, and much much more besides. They gives a really … Continue reading →