Tag Archives: English Heritage

The Beasts of Bexley…

Posted on 26/10/2014 by The Garden History Blog

Would you expect to find a large red dragon in a garden in Bexley? Or a griffin lurking behind a hedge at a castle near Cardiff?  To say nothing of  a dolphin on a staircase in Kensington or an English leopard in a French camping site? … Continue reading →

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Eternal Wrest…

Posted on 18/10/2014 by The Garden History Blog

Wrest Park is a rarity.  I’ve heard comments that the house  looks a bit like a mundane French provincial station but, if so, it is a Grade 1 listed French provincial railway station, and mundane on the outside only. Inside … Continue reading →

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Garden Menageries 2: Chiswick House

Posted on 22/08/2014 by The Garden History Blog

One of the important historic gardens in the world  is at Chiswick House, Lord Burlington’s Palladian country retreat in west London.  But while the house and grounds are extremely well-known   I suspect most people still don’t know about the menagerie that was … Continue reading →

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John Claudius Loudon…and cemeteries

Posted on 19/06/2014 by The Garden History Blog

Maybe it’s not the cheeriest of subjects but  as another birthday approached my thoughts turned to immortality – or rather the lack of it – and so I planned to write about some of the history of cemeteries and burial grounds, … Continue reading →

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John Claudius Loudon…. and Greenhouse Technology

Posted on 27/05/2014 by The Garden History Blog

Its been a while since I wrote my last piece on Humphry Repton and I was thinking about a follow-up on the Picturesque when into my inbox  came a new post from Matthew Beckett’s excellent blog The Country Seat covering … Continue reading →

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