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Edward Lear and his floral inventions

Posted on 23/08/2025 by The Garden History Blog

Years ago, in another life,  I was head teacher of a school in north London.  Our playground was on the site of the birthplace  of Edward Lear, so the children and I got to know a lot about him when … Continue reading →

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An Easter Parade… of Roses in the Pub

Posted on 19/04/2025 by The Garden History Blog

Easter is always a difficult time for garden-related bloggers – there’s only a limited and rather obvious range  of possibilities – bunnies, chocolate, easter lilies, ,passion flowers, chickens and eggs  and over the last 12 years I’ve done most of them. … Continue reading →

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Menageries 4: Knowsley … and Edward Lear

Posted on 21/03/2015 by The Garden History Blog

More on menageries….real and imaginary. The early 19thc saw a shift from menageries as showcases for curiosities to the beginnings of the zoological garden as a base for science. At the same time that the royal menagerie in the Tower was … Continue reading →

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Dyffryn

Posted on 13/12/2014 by The Garden History Blog

I’m always a bit suspicious when people use superlatives to describe something. It’s never usually quite as good as they make out. So initially that was my reaction when I started to hear/read about Dyffryn Gardens, near Cardiff.   Just … 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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