Tag Archives: orangery

The Golden Oranges and Lemons of the Hesperides

Posted on 17/06/2023 by The Garden History Blog

We saw last week how the story of the Golden Apples from the legendary Garden the Hesperides was adapted by 17thc gardening writers to imply that Hercules didn’t steal apples but golden oranges and lemons instead. That switch from … Continue reading →

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A Trip Advisor’s Guide to London Gardens……… in the 1690s

Posted on 10/12/2022 by The Garden History Blog

In the United Kingdom, garden visiting is an extremely popular occupation. In 2021 Kew had 1.25 million visitors and RHS Wisley nearly a million, while Westonbirt, Attingham and Edinburgh Botanic Gardens all also featured in top 20 visitor attractions in … Continue reading →

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Gibside

Posted on 10/09/2022 by The Garden History Blog

I wonder what George would have made of the children picnicking or playing football on his lawn? He’d probably be more concerned that both his house and orangery lie in ruins and wonder how his wonderful estate came to such … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged avenues, Banqueting House, chapel, conservation, garden buildings, Georgian, Jacobean, james Paine, National Trust, orangery, Stephen Switzer, walled garden | 1 Comment

The Eighth Wonder of the World?

Posted on 28/09/2019 by The Garden History Blog

Last week’s post was about Salomon de Caus’s career in England. It ended when James I’s daughter, Princess Elizabeth, who de Caus was tutoring, married Frederick, the Elector Palatine in 1613 and moved to Heidelberg. This might have been a … Continue reading →

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Repton through the window…

Posted on 19/05/2018 by The Garden History Blog

Repton is well-known as our first landscape gardener but he was much more than that. It’s often overlooked that he was an architect too, [although with less obvious success and renown] and much of his writing is concerned with the … Continue reading →