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Joseph Explores Antarctica

Posted on 05/04/2025 by The Garden History Blog

I was at Kew last week amongst hordes of people admiring the displays of cherries, magnolias and spring bulbs amongst other things. I wondered as I wandered, especially in the more popular areas around the main Victoria Gate entrance what … Continue reading →

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Queluz

Posted on 29/03/2025 by The Garden History Blog

Appearances can be deceptive.  A couple of days ago I  took a train out into what was once the countryside surrounding Lisbon,  hoping to see a garden that I’d mentioned in passing in an earlier post.   Ten minutes stroll … Continue reading →

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Daffodil Day

Posted on 22/03/2025 by The Garden History Blog

Happy Daffodil Day! Daffodil Day is celebrated annually on March 22nd  and has been a key fundraising event organised by cancer charities across the world since the 1950s because the show of bright colour so early in the year  represents … Continue reading →

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Josiah Wedgwood and a plateful of Green Frogs

Posted on 15/03/2025 by The Garden History Blog

It’s now just over ten years since the Wedgwood Collection, one of the most important industrial archives in the world and a unique record of over 250 years of British art, was saved by the Art Fund from sale and  dispersal. … Continue reading →

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Whiteknights and the spendthrift Duke

Posted on 08/03/2025 by The Garden History Blog

A few weeks ago, purely by chance,  I came across an illustrated guide written in 1816 for  a garden called Whiteknights which was in its day probably the most famous garden in the country.  The guide was so intriguing that … Continue reading →

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