Tag Archives: John Claudius Loudon

The Harcourt Arboretum or how to become a millionaire by growing pine trees

Posted on 07/09/2019 by The Garden History Blog

I’m at the Gardens Trust conference in Oxford this weekend and thought it would be nice to blog about something related to our proceedings.  So I obtained an advance copy of the conference brochure which is, as always, packed with … Continue reading →

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Arundel Castle and the Collector Earl’s Garden

Posted on 02/02/2019 by The Garden History Blog

I’ve been meaning to write about the gardens of Arundel Castle since I visited last summer with friends from  the Birkbeck Garden History Group and discovered the new[ish] Collector Earl’s Garden with [amongst other things]   Oberon’s Palace, a floating … Continue reading →

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Austin & Seeley

Posted on 26/01/2019 by The Garden History Blog

Many months ago I posted several pieces tracing the story of  Eleanor Coade and her artificial stone,  which ornamented  elite buildings and gardens in the later 18thc. A later post looked at the work of Mark Blanchard and John Blashfield … Continue reading →

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The Art of Perfection…

Posted on 03/11/2018 by The Garden History Blog

We’re coming to the end of  the season for that most English of events the  autumn flower show. [There’s even been one recently in Ambridge!]  But  have you ever entered any of your fruit, veg, flowers or plants for one? … Continue reading →

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The indefatigable John Fraser and his American Nursery

Posted on 06/10/2018 by The Garden History Blog

John Fraser was another one of those botanists and plant hunters who once set the horticultural word on fire with their discoveries but are now scarcely remembered.  Like so many of them he was Scottish,  born in Inverness-shire in 1750, … Continue reading →

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