Tag Archives: Daffodils

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brodie Castle, Coughton Court, Daffodils, Edward Leeds, George Willmer, John Parkinson, King Alfred, National Gardens Scheme, Noel Kingsbury, Peter Barr, Robert Backhouse, Sarah Backhouse, Vincent Sion, William Backhouse | Leave a comment

Kingston Lacy

Posted on 26/03/2022 by The Garden History Blog

I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many daffodils in flower. Wordsworth would have been in heaven if he’d seen them. In fact if it wasn’t for the fact they’re growing in open woodland I’m sure the yellow would have … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged avenues, charles barry, conservation, Daffodils, Egypt, Japanese Garden, kitchen garden, National Trust, Restoration, Rockery, Victorian | Leave a comment

The Daffodil King of Tooting

Posted on 14/03/2020 by The Garden History Blog

Inspiration for this week’s post came from daydreaming & looking out of the window and noticing some daffodils coming into flower. I remembered that ages ago I wrote a couple of posts about their history: The Daffodil most dainty and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bulbs, Daffodils, Darwin, E.A.Bowles, Edward Leeds, hybridization, John Parkinson, nurserymen, Peter Barr, plant breeding, plant hunters, Royal Horticultural Society, seeds, William Backhouse, William Herbert, William Robinson | 2 Comments

Cotehele: zinging in the rain

Posted on 24/03/2018 by The Garden History Blog

I realised what it was like to be an aristocratic landowner when I visited Cotehele in Cornwall the other day. There were no pesky visitors and apart from one or two staff scurrying rapidly from building to building my partner … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cornwall, Daffodils, ferns, Fox Talbot, Italian Garden, National Trust, photography, rena gardiner, terraces, woodland garden | 3 Comments

William Caparne : painter and plantsman

Posted on 03/02/2018 by The Garden History Blog

The love of plants runs in the blood, or so it might appear from the life of William Caparne teacher, painter, plantsman and iris fanatic. A very private man, but who travelled widely in Europe and met and was … Continue reading →