Tag Archives: George London

Aquilegia and other Greek flower myths

Posted on 20/05/2023 by The Garden History Blog

My aquilegias are looking amazing at the moment. I’ve encouraged them to seed everywhere they want, and the more I grow them the more I like them. But why are they called aquilegia and why do my French friends and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anemones, asters, botanical art, George London, greek myth, Henry Wise, peonies, plant breeding, taxonomy | Leave a comment

Reimagining Kirby

Posted on 11/12/2021 by The Garden History Blog

Gardens are ephemeral creations and surely impossible to recreate once they’ve gone. That hasn’t stopped a lot of people trying. This is a trend that’s first noticeable in the early 19thc when it tended to be a romanticised view of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archaeology, conservation, Elizabethan, English Heritage, George London, Hatton, Kirby, Office of Works, ruins | Leave a comment

Christopher, Charles and Kirby

Posted on 20/11/2021 by The Garden History Blog

After a recent post about the creation of the house and gardens at Kirby Hall in Northamptonshire today’s is going to look at the garden in its late 17thc heyday. The reason we know so much about the garden at … Continue reading →

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The Hanging Gardens of Stoke Edith

Posted on 11/02/2017 by The Garden History Blog

The British galleries in the Victoria & Albert Museum hold many treasures but probably none more interesting to lovers and historians of gardens than two large early 18thc wall hangings from Stoke Edith in Herefordshire. They show elaborate formal garden scenes in … Continue reading →

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Tiglath-Pileser I & the passion he shared with William Robinson

Posted on 11/10/2014 by The Garden History Blog

It’s not every day that an exotically multi-syllabled king of ancient Assyria gets mentioned in the context of Brtain’s historic parks and gardens. But I was writing a lecture about early plant hunting and decided to start with evidence from antiquity when … Continue reading →