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Harry Higgott Thomas

Posted on 14/05/2016 by The Garden History Blog

Harry Higgott Thomas was a man you probably haven’t heard of. If he’d stuck to his first career choice – working in a bank – there’s no reason why you ever would have done.  But, he changed careers, went to train … Continue reading →

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Capability Brown and Africa… did you really say Africa?

Posted on 07/05/2016 by The Garden History Blog

I’ve just returned from a month in southern Africa and was bowled over by the range of plants and landscapes that I encountered in the western Cape and Namibia.  I can’t stop enthusing about what I saw but wondered how … Continue reading →

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Temple Newsam

Posted on 30/04/2016 by The Garden History Blog

A trip to Yorkshire for a wedding gave me a great opportunity to visit a garden I’ve always wanted to see: Temple Newsam, a wonderfully rambling imposing mansion  just a couple of miles from Leeds city centre.  Best known for its magnificent collections … Continue reading →

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Charles Essenhigh Corke

Posted on 23/04/2016 by The Garden History Blog

For garden and landscape historians some of the more obvious sources for knowledge of what a site  was like, and how it has developed, are paintings and, more recently photographs.   So it’s quite surprising that the name of  Charles Essenhigh Corke is not … Continue reading →

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Melbourne Hall

Posted on 16/04/2016 by The Garden History Blog

I’ve just found a new favourite garden.  Every so often, like most of us I suspect, I  visit a garden and go…wow I could live here but maybe I’d just alter this, move that, add a few of this or thats and so … Continue reading →

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