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The Willow Pattern Story

Posted on 14/03/2026 by The Garden History Blog

Do you remember the first time you saw a Willow Pattern plate? I’d guess it was when you were a child and that probably like me you asked yourself at least some of the same questions as this writer did … Continue reading →

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Hinton Ampner & Ralph Dutton

Posted on 07/03/2026 by The Garden History Blog

The National Trust holds many of our greatest historic houses and gardens but I often think its greatest holding is not those but the many less well-known, less grand and yet more typical small country houses and estates. I stopped … Continue reading →

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Compton Acres

Posted on 28/02/2026 by The Garden History Blog

I’ve just spent a long weekend in high winds and pouring rain , exploring some of the gardens around Bournemouth. Not ideal conditions, even in February, but the unusual advantage was that we were usually the only people on site! … Continue reading →

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Harry Roberts and his Handbooks of Practical Gardening

Posted on 21/02/2026 by The Garden History Blog

Browsing second-hand books a few months back I chanced up a shelf that had a stack of similar looking volumes which all came from a series called “Handbooks of Practical Gardening”. They covered almost every aspect of horticulture you … Continue reading →

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St Valentine’s Day : Romance in the garden…

Posted on 14/02/2026 by The Garden History Blog

My partner dropped a subtle hint suggesting I should do something for the blog to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Of course it might just have been a subtle hint that I should do something for him too but it set me thinking…. What … Continue reading →