Tag Archives: John Parkinson

Daffodil Day

Posted on 22/03/2025 by The Garden History Blog

Happy Daffodil Day! Daffodil Day is celebrated annually on March 22nd  and has been a key fundraising event organised by cancer charities across the world since the 1950s because the show of bright colour so early in the year  represents … Continue reading →

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The non-existent plant that actually existed

Posted on 24/06/2023 by The Garden History Blog

Take a close look at this image of the Garden of Eden which appears on the  title page of John Parkinson’s Paradisi in Sole.  How many of the plants can you identify?  Are there any there you don’t recognise? I … Continue reading →

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The Passion of Mary Lawrance

Posted on 16/04/2022 by The Garden History Blog

You never know what’s going to arrive when you  order unknown books at the British Library.  On this occasion I was in for a surprise and needed a trolley to take them to my desk in the British Library. I’d … Continue reading →

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The Passion of Mary Lawrance

Posted on 16/04/2022 by The Garden History Blog

You never know what’s going to arrive when you  order unknown books at the British Library.  On this occasion I was in for a surprise and needed a trolley to take them to my desk in the British Library. I’d … Continue reading →

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The Tradescants

Posted on 25/04/2020 by The Garden History Blog

I’d just finished writing a post about something I’d seen at the Garden Museum when I  realised there might be some readers who wouldn’t know anything about the subject and would need a bit of background. So I started writing … Continue reading →

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