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Menageries 4: Knowsley … and Edward Lear

Posted on 21/03/2015 by The Garden History Blog

More on menageries….real and imaginary. The early 19thc saw a shift from menageries as showcases for curiosities to the beginnings of the zoological garden as a base for science. At the same time that the royal menagerie in the Tower was … Continue reading →

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Garden Menageries 3 … Osterley

Posted on 31/01/2015 by The Garden History Blog

Continuing with my occasional theme of menageries in the garden,  todays’s post looks at Osterley Park in west London and also reveals how garden history interacts with wider current research.  The East India Company at Home project  has been trying to put the country house … Continue reading →

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Garden Menageries… 1: Coombe Abbey

Posted on 25/07/2014 by The Garden History Blog

As gardeners and garden historians we are used to hearing about the discovery, trade and cultivation of non-native plants. We know that as western Europeans discovered, then traded with and finally conquered much of the rest of the world plant hunters … Continue reading →

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