Tag Archives: orangery

The Hanging Gardens of Stoke Edith

Posted on 11/02/2017 by The Garden History Blog

The British galleries in the Victoria & Albert Museum hold many treasures but probably none more interesting to lovers and historians of gardens than two large early 18thc wall hangings from Stoke Edith in Herefordshire.  They show elaborate formal garden scenes in … Continue reading →

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It was hard not to smile when, whilst researching for a lecture on Chinoiserie in the garden, I flicked through the pattern books published by William Halfpenny,  a virtually unknown 18thc architect.   Very little of his work appears to have survived, although what … Continue reading →

Posted on 15/10/2016 by The Garden History Blog | Leave a comment

Tredegar…Restoration grandeur and a dancing kangaroo

Posted on 09/07/2016 by The Garden History Blog

No sooner had I finished writing this post [many many months ago now] but Tredegar House was the subject of a TV programme with Griff Rhys Jones.  So, as I didn’t want to be thought a copycat, I decided to … Continue reading →

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Tyntesfield: the guano palace

Posted on 14/11/2015 by The Garden History Blog

My posts on nightsoil and guano [from July 2015,] got picked up by an article in the Guardian online – fame indeed! So here’s a postscript about the house paid for by the vast fortune made by William Gibbs, the owner of the monopoly … Continue reading →

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Moving the ‘bastard’ orange trees …

Posted on 25/07/2015 by The Garden History Blog

And no I’m not being rude just for the sake of it! As I said in a recent post I’ve been doing some research over the past few years into the gardening interests of the Hatton family  who were prominent royalists … Continue reading →

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