Tag Archives: humour

Garden Open Today & Tomorrow

Posted on 01/04/2023 by The Garden History Blog

One of my favourite garden writers is Beverley Nichols, and the other day I discovered this wonderful quote about him and his work: If Bertie Wooster and Gertrude Jekyll had a son, surely he would have been Beverley Nichols. Today’s post is proof of … Continue reading →

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Garden Rubbish

Posted on 11/02/2023 by The Garden History Blog

Many of you will remember I’m sure the best-selling comic history book 1066 And All That by Sellar and Yeatman, published first in 1930 but reprinted almost endlessly ever since. What you might not know is that they followed it … Continue reading →

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The Gardener’s Year

Posted on 11/09/2021 by The Garden History Blog

“There are a number of ways of laying out a garden. The best is by taking on a gardener.” So opens a delightful book on gardens by the Czech writer Karel Čapek. Published in Prague in 1929 with illustrations by … Continue reading →