Tag Archives: conservation

Caring for Gods Acre

Posted on 05/08/2023 by The Garden History Blog

Lockdown walks  in London cemeteries and some visits more recently to country churchyards  set me thinking about how differently such sites are  maintained these days. No more sterile hard-mown grass everywhere with just a few plastic flowers to brighten the scene … Continue reading →

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More Turf Mazes

Posted on 25/02/2023 by The Garden History Blog

At the end of last year I wrote about the earliest turf mazes in Britain  but I ran out of space to do justice to the subject, so here’s your chance to find out about the largest turf maze in … Continue reading →

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Walter MacFarlane and the Cast-Iron Park

Posted on 18/02/2023 by The Garden History Blog

In the Victorian era cast iron became ubiquitous in our parks, our streets and our architecture more generally. It was impossible to avoid and made up a large part of park and street furniture,  from  bandstands to drinking fountains, railings to … Continue reading →

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Nostell Priory

Posted on 04/02/2023 by The Garden History Blog

If you’ve been following the Gardens Trusts on-line lectures you’ll know that Yorkshire has a lot of unforgettable gardens, but there’s one that we haven’t yet covered: Nostell Priory near Wakefield. Nostell is a Palladian mansion with stunning Robert Adam … Continue reading →

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Bramham

Posted on 07/01/2023 by The Garden History Blog

I’ve always known that late 17th/ early 18thc gardens and landscapes have a special quality about them,  but a visit I made last month proved it beyond doubt.  So to get the New Year off to a flying start let … Continue reading →

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