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Sir Nathaniel Bacon, his kitchen garden and his cookmaid

Posted on 17/09/2016 by The Garden History Blog

The Latin epitaph on this marble funerary monument translates as “Look Traveller, this is the monument of Nathaniel Bacon, A Knight of the Bath, whom, when experience and observation had made him most knowledgeable in the history of plants, … Continue reading →

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BEAUTIFUL BRITAIN: Romance and Reason

Posted on 07/02/2014 by The Garden History Blog

I’m a hoarder and always have been. I’ve also been interested in history all my life and even as a child I collected anything and everything in the hope that one day it would come in ‘useful’. Having written last … Continue reading →