Tag Archives: John Claudius Loudon

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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Caring for Gods Acre

Posted on 05/08/2023 by The Garden History Blog

Lockdown walks  in London cemeteries and some visits more recently to country churchyards  set me thinking about how differently such sites are  maintained these days. No more sterile hard-mown grass everywhere with just a few plastic flowers to brighten the scene … 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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Harlaxton: “Beyond your imagination”

Posted on 30/04/2022 by The Garden History Blog

Unfortunately I haven’t had a single answer to the question -“Why did he do it?” – that I posed at the end of last week’s post about Harlaxton the “Jacobethan” marvel dreamed up and then lovingly built by Gregory Gregory. … Continue reading →

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Harlaxton: Gregory’s Dream

Posted on 23/04/2022 by The Garden History Blog

On the way to a family wedding last weekend I stopped off at Harlaxton near Grantham in Lincolnshire. Like John Claudius Loudon before me   I “had heard much of this place from various architects and amateurs for several years.” … Continue reading →

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