Tag Archives: gardeners

St Fiacre

Posted on 31/08/2024 by The Garden History Blog

Happy St Fiacre’s Day! You’ve just got time to organise a party for the patron saint of gardening, whose “official” feast day in most places is today – 31st August. But don’t worry if you can’t celebrate today, because in … Continue reading →

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How naughty! some summer thoughts about erotic gardens

Posted on 15/08/2020 by The Garden History Blog

August is traditionally the silly season in the press and today’s post is very much in that tradition. It was a bit of a surprise when I was searching for an image of garden statuary the other day on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chaumont, Dashwood, erotica, gardeners, rowlandson, Shrubbery, Topiary, west wycombe | Leave a comment

On the Life of a Jobbing Gardener

Posted on 08/02/2020 by The Garden History Blog

I was giving some lectures recently on one of my favourite horticultural characters, John Claudius Loudon, who, having already written a shelf-load of books, in 1826 founded The Gardener’s Magazine, the first real piece of regular horticultural journalism. I had … Continue reading →

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Gardeners in London Street Cries…

Posted on 01/12/2018 by The Garden History Blog

Listening to the stallholders in Columbia Road Flower Market crying their wares the other day struck a sad note. It’s the last gasp of a centuries old sales technique used round much of the rest of the world, reminding … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cries, fruit, gardeners, Pepys, pot plants, vegetables | 3 Comments

Thomas Bewick’s Gardens and Gardeners

Posted on 04/02/2017 by The Garden History Blog

Thomas Bewick, who was born in rural Northumberland in 1753, was an author, illustrator and publisher and became ‘the father of modern wood engraving’. His work is almost always instantly recognisable and his History of British Birds is really the first field guide for naturalists. … Continue reading →