Tag Archives: John Claudius Loudon

Who gives a Fig…especially in Sussex?

Posted on 12/08/2017 by The Garden History Blog

We had a bit of a fight on our hands yesterday. Sophia, Dorothy, Blanche and Rose were arguing  in our courtyard.  Then they started to argue with us too.  It was a row about figs. We have a beautiful small … Continue reading →

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The Strange Case of Doctor Ward…

Posted on 06/05/2017 by The Garden History Blog

Most readers of this blog will be familiar with the Wardian case, the method of transporting plants that transformed the world’s gardens and hothouses from the mid-19thc onwards and which were in regular use by Kew for the international transportation of … Continue reading →

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Sir Charles Isham: “A Gulliver amongst the Lilliputians”

Posted on 04/03/2017 by The Garden History Blog

Although this post is about Sir Charles Isham, it’s also about garden gnomes.  If you didn’t smile at the thought of  a whole blogpost about twee garden ornaments in dubious taste, you probably grimaced or shuddered at the prospect because gnomes do seem to … Continue reading →

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William Sawrey Gilpin

Posted on 26/11/2016 by The Garden History Blog

My trip to Westonbirt last month introduced me to the theories of the early 19thc landscape designer William Sawrey Gilpin, who I’d heard of, but who had never really figured on my garden history radar. Gilpin had a career as an … Continue reading →

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Robert Gauen & his ingenious horticultural inventions No.2

Posted on 01/10/2016 by The Garden History Blog

Earlier this year ago I shared the secrets of a machine for putting the bloom back onto cucumber, grapes and other fruits. It was one of the products of the fertile imagination of Robert Gauen, an early 19th Southampton nurseryman. … Continue reading →

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