Tag Archives: garden writing

Painting the Gardens of History with Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale

Posted on 19/11/2022 by The Garden History Blog

What’s in a name? Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale sounds like an escapee from a Victorian 3-volume bodice-ripper or maybe the wicked governess in a  1920s girls comic – well that’s what I thought when I first saw her name.  That will … Continue reading →

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Gardening Advice from a Squint-Eyed Monk

Posted on 29/10/2022 by The Garden History Blog

I’ve written several posts on early gardening books, but today’s post goes back even further. It’s about the first gardening book in European history which dates from around 830-40AD. It  was written by a Benedictine monk who spent most of … Continue reading →

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Margaret Waterfield

Posted on 22/10/2022 by The Garden History Blog

Some of the posts on here have been a long time in the making. Today’s is one such. When I was researching a post about garden writer Mrs Earle way back in 2015  I discovered that a piece she  written … Continue reading →

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EVB

Posted on 24/09/2022 by The Garden History Blog

Any idea who or what EVB might be? I’ll save you the trouble of googling it – and tell you its not a German rail and bus company, nor an electric vehicle battery or an empirical valence bond whatever that … Continue reading →

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Charles McIntosh

Posted on 23/07/2022 by The Garden History Blog

Oh no I can almost hear you thinking – another post about a dull old man who happened to like gardening…. but don’t give up yet because Charles McIntosh or M’Intosh as he is often called is neither dull nor … Continue reading →

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